Hong Kong Regulations

DAIRIES REGULATIONS - REGULATION 27

Offences and penalties

PART IV

OFFENCES AND PENALTIES

(1) Any person who contravenes the provisions of paragraph (2) of regulation 3
or of regulation 6 or 7 shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on
summary conviction to a fine of two thousand dollars.

(2) Any person who-

   (a)  contravenes the provisions of regulation 20 or of paragraph (1) or (2)
        of regulation 21 or paragraph (1) or (3) of regulation 22;

   (b)  fails to comply with any of the requirements of a notification
        published in the Gazette under the provisions of paragraph (2) of
        regulation 22 or of an order made under the provisions of paragraph
        (1) of regulation 29 or paragraph (1) of regulation 30;

   (c)  engages in the business of, or is employed in, any dairy in
        contravention of paragraph (2) of regulation 29; or

   (d)  contravenes any terms or conditions imposed by the Director under the
        provisions of paragraph (5) of regulation 8 or any conditions
        specified in an order made under the provisions of paragraph (1) of
        regulation 30, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on
        summary conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars.

(3) Any registered dairyman who contravenes any of the provisions of
regulation 5, 24 or 26 shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on
summary conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars.

(4) In the event of any contravention of any of the provisions of regulation
11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 23 or 25 or of paragraph

(3), (4) or (5) of regulation 21, the licensee of the dairy in which, or in
respect of which, such contravention occurred shall be guilty of an offence
and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars.

(5) Where any offence under these regulations is a continuing offence, any
person who is guilty of such offence shall, in addition to the penalty
provided therefor under paragraph (1), (2), (3) or (4), as the case may be, be
liable to a fine of fifty dollars for each day during which it is proved to
the satisfaction of the court that the offence has continued.