Offences and penalties
- Fail to comply with agricultural/forestry vehicle type-approval rules Any Person
UK Statutory Instrument
2018
United Kingdom
The Agricultural and Forestry Vehicles (Type-Approval) Regulations 2018
At a glance
Enforced by
What's here
7 compliance obligations
Penalty landscape
1 of 7 obligations carry imprisonment (3 months). 2 carry different penalties and 4 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.
Who this Act binds
Business-side actors with duties under this Act, ranked by how often they appear.
- Any Person 4
Plus 3 non-business duties on Crown ministers, regulators, local authorities or tribunals — shown collapsed under each section below.
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Any Person also bound by 2338 other Acts (top 5 shown)
- Human Medicines Regulations 2012 2012 169 duties
- Merchant Shipping Act 1995 1995 144 duties
- Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 2016 101 duties
- Road Traffic Act 1988 1988 95 duties
- Air Navigation Order 2016 2016 95 duties
What this Act requires
Sections that create concrete duties on businesses or carry penalties. Procedural and definitional sections are folded into the “Browse other sections” expander at the bottom of each group. Click any section title to read the source text on legislation.gov.uk.
Schedules
Powers of search,
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- VCA officers must follow proper procedure when searching your premises Statutory regulator
Applications for the release of detained items
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Magistrates' court or sheriff must only release detained items if proceedings cleared or six months elapsed Tribunal / Court
Criminal penalties
3 months imprisonment- Commit an offence under Agricultural and Forestry Vehicles Regulations Any Person
Civil penalties
Fine up to £50,000- Commit a type-approval offence under the Agricultural and Forestry Vehicles Regulations (civil penalty) Any Person
Objection to penalty decision
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- VCA must consider objections to penalty notices and issue written decision within 70 days Statutory regulator
Obstruction of officers and false statements
- Do not obstruct VCA officers or give false information Any Person
Browse 15 other Schedules — structural / supplementary
Powers of customs officers to detain goods
Compensation for seizure and detention
Recovery of the expenses of enforcement
Power of the Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs to disclose information
Savings for certain privileges
Savings for civil rights
Offences by bodies corporate and partnerships
Notification of penalty decision
Civil penalties: appeals
Enforcement of penalty decision
Road Traffic Act 1988
Amendment of the Motor Fuel (Composition and Content) Regulations 1999
Amendment of the Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008
Amendment of the Road Vehicles (Approval) Regulations 2009
Revocations
Browse 18 other sections — procedural / definitional / commencement
Citation, commencement and effect
Interpretation
Appointment of approval authority
Market surveillance authority
Requests for information: failure to comply
Refusal of EU type-approval application
Conformity of production: record keeping
Making available on the market or entry into service: derogations
Review of decisions
Withdrawal of approvals: mistake or error
Withdrawal and suspension of approvals: effect
Products approved in member States or in Northern Ireland
Service
Provision of testing stations
Provision of technical information: loss or damage
Defeat devices
Offences, enforcement and civil penalties
Consequential amendments and revocations
Enforcement and responsible bodies
The regulators that administer or enforce this legislation.
Vehicle Certification Agency
Type approval authority for new vehicles, components, and systems. Certifies that vehicles meet safety and environmental standards. Issues UK type approvals replacing …
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