4.2.1 Regulatory offences
Many offences are not ‘truly’ criminal. They are regulatory offences, which are often punishable only by fines and may not have an obvious victim. Examples include:
- driving offences, e.g. driving with a broken brake light
- health and safety offences, e.g. minor breaches of regulations
- offences regulating the sale of certain items, e.g. selling lottery tickets to a child under 16.