{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/beef-and-pig-carcase-classification-scotland-regulations-2010/regulation-28",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/beef-and-pig-carcase-classification-scotland-regulations-2010/regulation-28.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2010/330",
  "legislation_title": "The Beef and Pig Carcase Classification (Scotland) Regulations 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/beef-and-pig-carcase-classification-scotland-regulations-2010",
  "path": "regulation/28",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "28",
  "heading": "Offences: punishment",
  "text": "(1) A person who commits an offence under—\n(a) regulation 19 (assimilated beef provisions);\n(b) regulation 20 (assimilated pig provisions);\n(c) regulation 21 (notifications by operators);\n(d) regulation 22 (licences);\n(da) regulation 22A (offences: authorised grading methods (pig carcases));\n(e) regulation 23(1) (records); or\n(f) regulation 24 (obstruction),\nis liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.\n(2) A person who commits an offence under regulation 23(2) and (3) (misleading marks) is liable—\n(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum; or\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 28(1) substituted (11.7.2018) by The Beef and Pig Carcase Classification (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2018 (S.S.I. 2018/182), regs. 1(1), 20(a)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in reg. 28(1)(a) substituted (14.2.2026) by The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Agricultural Products) (Consequential Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/407), regs. 1, 4(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in reg. 28(1)(b) substituted (14.2.2026) by The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Agricultural Products) (Consequential Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/407), regs. 1, 4(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Reg. 28(1)(da) inserted (11.7.2018) by The Beef and Pig Carcase Classification (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2018 (S.S.I. 2018/182), regs. 1(1), 20(a)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in reg. 28(2) substituted (11.7.2018) by The Beef and Pig Carcase Classification (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2018 (S.S.I. 2018/182), regs. 1(1), 20(b)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in reg. 28(2) substituted (11.7.2018) by The Beef and Pig Carcase Classification (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2018 (S.S.I. 2018/182), regs. 1(1), 20(b)(ii)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2010/330/regulation/28",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:53:59.148084+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}