Casual Trading Act 1995
Penalties.
14.—(1) A person guilty of an offence under section 3 shall be liable—
(a) on summary conviction—
(i) in the case of a first offence, to a fine not exceeding £50,
(ii) in the case of a second offence, to a fine not exceeding £250,
(iii) in the case of a third or subsequent offence to a fine not exceeding £1,000, or
(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine not exceeding £10,000 together with, in the case of a continuing offence, a fine not exceeding £500 for each day or part of a day on which the offence is continued after the first such day or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both the fine or fines and the imprisonment.
(2) A person guilty of an offence under this Act (other than section 3) shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £1,000.
(3) A summary offence under this Act may be prosecuted by the local authority in whose functional area the offence is alleged to have been committed or by another local authority with whom an agreement exists for the exercise by the latter authority of the powers and functions under this section of the former authority.
(4) Where an offence under this Act is committed by a body corporate and the offence is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to have been attributable to any neglect on the part of, any person who, being a director, manager or secretary of such body, or a person who was purporting to act in any such capacity, that person as well as the body corporate, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished as if he were guilty of the first-mentioned offence.
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A fine of £50 converted (1.01.1999) to €63.49. This translates into a class E fine, not exceeding €500, as provided (4.01.2011) by Fines Act 2010 (8/2010), ss. 3, 8(2) and table ref. no. 2, S.I. No. 662 of 2010.
A fine of £250 converted (1.01.1999) to €317.43. This translates into a class E fine, not exceeding €500, as provided (4.01.2011) by Fines Act 2010 (8/2010), ss. 3, 8(2) and table ref. no. 2, S.I. No. 662 of 2010.
A fine of £1,000 converted (1.01.1999) to €1,269.74. This translates into a class C fine, not exceeding €2,500, as provided (4.01.2011) by Fines Act 2010 (8/2010), ss. 3, 6(2) and table ref. no. 2, S.I. No. 662 of 2010.
A fine of £10,000 converted (1.01.1999) to €12,697.38. This is multiplied by 1.75 to €22,220.41 as provided (4.01.2011) by Fines Act 2010 (8/2010), s. 9(1) and table ref. no. 1, S.I. No. 662 of 2010.
A fine of £500 converted (1.01.1999) to €634.87. This translates into a class D fine, not exceeding €1,000, as provided (4.01.2011) by Fines Act 2010 (8/2010), ss. 3, 7(2) and table ref. no. 2, S.I. No. 662 of 2010.