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Version date: 31 December 2020 - onwards
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Regulation 55 Trade offences in CEMA: modification of penalty

(1) Paragraph (2) applies where a person is guilty of an offence under section 68(2) of CEMA in connection with a prohibition mentioned in regulation 20(1) (export of military goods).

(2) Where this paragraph applies, the reference to 7 years in section 68(3)(b) of CEMA [The words "7 years" were inserted in section 68(3)(b) of CEMA by the Finance Act 1988, section 12.] is to be read as a reference to 10 years.

(3) Paragraph (4) applies where a person is guilty of an offence under section 170(2) of CEMA in connection with a prohibition mentioned in regulation 20(1).

(4) Where this paragraph applies, the reference to 7 years in section 170(3)(b) of CEMA [The words "7 years" were inserted in section 170(3)(b) of CEMA by the Finance Act 1988, section 12.] is to be read as a reference to 10 years.