Bovine Diseases (Levies) (Amendment) Act, 1996
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Amendment of section 15 (offences) of Principal Act. |
6.—(1) Section 15 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution of “£1,500” for “£500” in each place in which it occurs in subsections (1), (2), (4) and (5) and the said subsections, as so amended, are set out in the Table to this section. | |
(2) This section shall come into operation on such day as may be fixed therefor by order of the Minister. | ||
TABLE | ||
(1) A person who fails to comply with the requirements of section 4 (2) or section 12 (1) of this Act shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £1,500. | ||
(2) Any person who pays an amount in contravention of section 9 (b) of this Act shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £1,500, or, at the discretion of the court, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both such fine and such term of imprisonment. | ||
(4) A person to whom a notice is given under section 11 of this Act or of whom a requisition is made under section 10 of this Act and who either fails to comply with the requirement of the notice or the requisition, as may be appropriate, or in purported compliance with the said requirement or requisition, gives any information which he knows to be false in a material particular or recklessly gives information which is so false, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £1,500, or, at the discretion of the court, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both such fine and such term of imprisonment. | ||
(5) Any person who contravenes section 13 (3) of this Act shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £1,500, or, at the discretion of the court, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both such fine and such term of imprisonment. |