Public Health Act 2010 No 127
Current version for 23 November 2012 to date (accessed 23 May 2013 at 08:06)
120 Continuing offences
(1) A person who is guilty of an offence because the person fails to
comply with a requirement made by or under this Act or the regulations
(whether the requirement is imposed by a notice or otherwise) to do or cease
to do something (whether or not within a specified period or before a
particular time):(a) continues, until the requirement is complied with and despite the
fact that any specified period has expired or time has passed, to be liable to
comply with the requirement, and
(b) is guilty of a continuing offence for each day the contravention
continues.
(2) This section does not apply to an offence if the relevant
provision of this Act or the regulations does not provide for a penalty for a
continuing offence.
(3) This section does not apply to the extent that a requirement of a
notice is revoked.