(1) A person or grouping who contravenes Article 3 (2), 4 (1), 7, 10, 18, 19, 25, 29, 31 or 35 (4) of the Council Regulation or Regulations 4, 8, 9, 14, 18, 19, 20 (1), 24 or 25 of these Regulations, or a direction of the Minister under Regulation 23 of these Regulations shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £1,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.
(2) Where an offence which is committed by a grouping under the Council Regulation or these Regulations is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of any member of that grouping or any person or body who was purporting to act in such capacity, that person or body shall also be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against accordingly as if he were guilty of the first-mentioned offence.
(3) Summary proceedings in relation to an offence under the Council Regulatio
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