{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/blood-safety-and-quality-regulations-2005/regulation-19",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/blood-safety-and-quality-regulations-2005/regulation-19.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/50",
  "legislation_title": "The Blood Safety and Quality Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/blood-safety-and-quality-regulations-2005",
  "path": "regulation/19",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": "Penalties",
  "text": "(1) A person guilty of an offence under regulation 18(1), (3), (5) or (7) shall be liable—\n(a) on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months, or to both; or\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years, or to both.\n(2) A person guilty of an offence under regulation 18(2), (4) or (6) shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months, or to both.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 19 substituted (8.4.2005) by The Blood Safety and Quality (Amendment) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/1098), regs. 1(1), 8"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/50/regulation/19",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:11:46.706072+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."
}