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OFFICE AND SHOP PREMISES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1966 - SECT 59



59.(1) In the event of a contravention, in relation to any premises to which
this Act applies, of any such provisions of this Act as are mentioned in
subsection (2) or of regulations made under any such provisions, then

(a)except in a case falling within paragraph (b) or (c), the occupier of the
premises shall be guilty of an offence;

(b)in a case where the contravention is one for which, under this Act, some
other person or persons is or are made responsible as well as the occupier of
the premises, that other person or those other persons and the occupier shall
each be guilty of an offence;

(c)in a case where the contravention is one for which, under this Act, some
other person or persons is or are made responsible instead of the occupier of
the premises, that other person or each of those other persons shall be guilty
of an offence.

(2) The provisions of this Act referred to in subsection (1) are sections 4,
5, 6(1) to (5), 7 to 12, 13(1), 14 to 19, 23, 24, 28, 29(6), 30(1), 33 to 38,
45(9) and 47(1) and (2).

(3) Where exemption from a requirement imposed by any provision of this Act
referred to in subsection (1), or any regulation made under such a provision,
is granted subject to a condition and the condition is not complied with, the
person, or each of the persons, who would under paragraph (a), (b) or (c)
(whichever is applicable) of subsection (1) have been guilty of an offence, in
the absence of the exemption, by reason of a contravention of that provision
or regulation shall, in respect of the failure to comply with the condition,
be guilty of an offence.

[(4) A person who contravenes a provision of regulations under section 20 or
49 of this Act shall be guilty of an offence.]


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