Fuels (Control of Supplies) Act, 1982

Amendment of section 4 of Principal Act.

4.—(1) The following subsection is hereby substituted for subsection (5) of section 4 of the Principal Act:

“(5) Every person who commits or is deemed to have committed an offence under this section shall—

(a) on summary conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding £800 or, at the discretion of the Court, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months or to both such fine and such imprisonment, or

(b) on conviction on indictment, be liable to a fine not exceeding £100,000 or, at the discretion of the Court, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years or to both such fine and such imprisonment.”.

(2) Section 4 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the insertion after subsection (8) of the following subsections:

“(9) In a prosecution for an offence under this section the onus of proving that a contravention was not knowingly effected shall lie on the defendant.

(10) In this section ‘contravenes’ includes failure, refusal and neglect of compliance with, and cognate words shall be construed accordingly.”.