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Offences by bodies corporate

23.—(1) Where a body corporate is guilty of an offence under these Regulations, and that offence is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to have been attributable to any neglect on the part of—

(a) any director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate, or

(b) any person who was purporting to act in any such capacity,

he as well as the body corporate, is guilty of the offence and is liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.

(2) For the purposes of this regulation, “director” in relation to a body corporate whose affairs are managed by its members, means a member of the body corporate.

Penalties

24.  A person contravening any provision of these Regulations is guilty of an offence and liable—

(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to imprisonment not exceeding three months or to both;

(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both.

Authorisations, certificates, etc. issued in another part of the British Islands

25.—(1) Where these Regulations require any authorisation, certificate or approval to be issued or granted by the Secretary of State in England, an equivalent document issued in another part of the British Islands by the relevant competent authority is valid.

(2) Where these Regulations require anything to be processed in approved premises in England, anything processed in premises approved for those purposes in another part of the British Islands shall be treated as if it had been processed in approved premises in England.

Enforcement

26.  These Regulations shall be enforced by the Secretary of State or the local authority.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations, which apply in England, implement Commission Decision 2007/552/EC concerning interim protection measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom.

They regulate—

(a) the importation and dispatch of live animals (regulations 4 and 5);

(b) the export of meat from bovine, ovine caprine and porcine animals and other biungulates (regulation 6);

(c) the export of meat products, milk and dairy products (regulations 7, 8 and 9);

(d) the export of semen, ova or embryos of animals of the bovine, ovine, caprine and porcine species and other biungulates (regulation 10), hides and skins (regulation 11) and various animal products (regulation 12);

(e) the export of equidae (regulation 15); and

(f) personal exports (regulation 16)

They create an offence of offering to export anything which it is prohibited to export under the Regulations (regulation 17).

They provide powers for enforcement, and powers for officers of Revenue and Customs (regulations 18 to 20 ) and create an offence of obstruction (regulation 21).

Breach of the Regulations is an offence, punishable—

(g) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to imprisonment not exceeding three months or to both;

(h) on conviction on indictment, to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both.

The Regulations are enforced by the Secretary of State or the local authority (regulation 26).

An impact assessment has not been prepared for these Regulations.