S.L. 545.25 ст. 24Offences and penalties.

(1) Any person who -

(a) willfully or through negligence acts in breach of any provision of these regulations;

(b) willfully or through negligence breaches any condition listed in the authorisations regulated by these regulations;

(c) carries out any activity requiring an authorisation without being in possession of a valid authorisation;

(d) fails to comply with any lawful order by an inspector, employee or officer of the Regulator in execution of their duties in terms of these regulations;

(e) hinders, obstructs, molests, interferes or attempts to hinder, obstruct, molest or interfere with any inspector, any employee or officer of the Regulator in the execution of his duties in terms of these regulations; or

(f) makes a declaration for any of the purposes of these regulations which is false, misleading or incorrect in any material respect, shall be guilty of an offence against these regulations and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine of not more than a fine (multa) of not more than sixty-nine thousand euro (€69,000), or of one thousand and three hundred euro (€1,300) for each day during which the offence persists.

(2) The liability of an offender under sub-regulation (1) shall be without prejudice to the liability of the offender to pay to the Regulator any cost incurred in removing the cause of the offence and to undo anything which was done without an authorisation under these regulations.

(3) The court, besides awarding the punishment referred to in this regulation, may order the convicted offenders to close their activity and, or to undo anything which was done without an authorisation.

(4) During the prosecution of offences against these regulations officials of the Regulator shall have the right to assist the police, and to plead the case before the court.

(5) Officers from the Regulator may assist the Police in the exercise of any of their powers to prevent the commission of an offence against these regulations or to secure evidence concerning any such offence.

(6) The provisions of these regulations shall not affect any criminal proceedings or any other proceedings that may be instituted under any other law.