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Non-Compliance Fees and Fines Schedule!
Offence
Section of Regulations
Fixed penalty in Eastern Caribbean Dollars (EC$)
Sell or distribute, offer for sale or supply to another person commodities for which a compulsory standard is declared without obtaining approval from the Director.
34
$5000
Sell or distribute, offer for sale or supply to another person a commodity or service which does not conform to a declared compulsory standard.
27
$500
Sell, distribute or offer for sale products whose labels or packaging are not in conjunction with a declared compulsory standard.
34
$250
Advertises goods or services, processes or practices not in compliance with a declared compulsory standard.
34
$500
Sale or distribution of commodities with a mark likely to convey the impression that a person who is not entitled to use the standard mark is so entitled.
12
$1000
Sale or distribution of commodities, process or practice with a mark that falsely represents that the commodity, process or practice complies with a specification formulated or adopted outside Saint Lucia.
29
$500
The obliteration or removal of a stamp or mark which denotes deficiences before offering or exposing for sale goods which do not conform to a required standard.
34
$1000
Hinders or obstructs or knowingly makes a false or misleading statement to any person in the execution of his or her duty under this Act.
37(i)
$5000
Obstructs an Inspector by not giving him or her reasonable assistance or access to samples, records, documents or information relevant to the performance of his or her functions under this Act.
37(i)
$5000
The Prosecution of any person or entity, pursuant to the relevant sections of the Act, should they fail to pay the above fines within ten (10) working days of the notification of the fine.
All amendments to the Regulations and Principal Act, should such be needed, be made to encapsulate the above approvals.
