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18. Report in respect of offences in regulations

Omitted from 15 March 2022

(1) In this section "relevant regulations" means regulations under section 1 which create any offence for the purposes of -

(a) the enforcement of any prohibitions or requirements imposed by or under regulations under section 1, or

(b) preventing any such prohibitions or requirements from being circumvented.

(2) The appropriate Minister making any relevant regulations ("the Minister") must at the required time lay before Parliament a report which -

(a) specifies the offences created by the regulations, indicating the prohibitions or requirements to which those offences relate,

(b) states that the Minister considers that there are good reasons for those prohibitions or requirements to be enforceable by criminal proceedings and explains why the Minister is of that opinion, and

(c) in the case of any of those offences which are punishable with imprisonment -

(i) states the maximum terms of imprisonment that apply to those offences,

(ii) states that the Minister considers that there a

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