Cap. 543 Art. 15Power of Minister to make regulations in relation to offences and administrative fines.

(1) Without prejudice to any other provision of this Act the Minister may make regulations prescribing penalties for offences against any regulations made under this Act, and such regulations may:

(a) prescribe imprisonment not exceeding four years and different fines (multi) not exceeding one million euro (€1,000,000) for different offences;

(b) prescribe fines (multi) calculated in accordance with the duration of the commission of the offence, not exceeding fifty thousand euro (€50,000) for each day during which the offence continues.

(2) Without prejudice to any other provision of this Act, the Minister may make regulations allowing any person or any department, agency, corporation or authority to impose administrative fines not exceeding one million euro (€1,000,000) or other sanctions on any person, department, agency, corporation or authority who is in contravention of any provisions of this Act or of any regulations or directives made thereunder and provide for the procedure for the imposition and enforcement of such fines which procedures may include provisions to the effect that any such fines shall constitute an executive title for the effects and purposes of