Public Health (Sunbeds) Act 2014
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22. (1) Summary proceedings for an offence under this Act may be brought by the Executive. | ||
(2) Notwithstanding section 10 (4) of the Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act 1851 , summary proceedings for any offence under this Act may be commenced at any time within 12 months from the date on which the offence was committed. | ||
(3) A person who commits an offence under this Act is liable on summary conviction, in the case of a first offence, to a Class B fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or both, and in the case of a second or subsequent offence, to Class A fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or both. | ||
(4) Where an offence under this Act is committed by a body corporate and is proved to have been so committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of any person, being a director, manager, secretary, or other officer of the body corporate, or a person who was purporting to act in any such capacity, that person shall, as well as the body corporate, commit an offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished as if he or she had committed the first-mentioned offence. |