Gas Safety Act 2019
102Continuing offence
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102 Continuing offence
(1) A person convicted of an offence against a provision of this Act in respect of a continuing act or omission –
(a) is liable, in addition to the penalty otherwise applicable to the offence, to a penalty for each day during which the act or omission continued of not more than one-tenth of the maximum penalty prescribed for that offence; and
(b) is, if the act or omission continues after the conviction, guilty of a further offence against the provision and liable, in addition to the penalty otherwise applicable to the further offence, to a penalty for each day during which the act or omission continued after the conviction of not more than one-tenth of the maximum penalty prescribed for the first-mentioned offence.
(2) If an offence consists of an omission to do an act that is required to be done, the omission is taken to continue for as long as the relevant person fails to do that act after the end of the period for compliance with the requirement.