{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bovines-and-bovine-products-trade-regulations-1998/regulation-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bovines-and-bovine-products-trade-regulations-1998/regulation-16.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/1135",
  "legislation_title": "The Bovines and Bovine Products (Trade) Regulations 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bovines-and-bovine-products-trade-regulations-1998",
  "path": "regulation/16",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Offences and penalties",
  "text": "(1) A person guilty of an offence under regulation 14(4) or (5) above shall be liable—\n(a) on conviction on indictment, to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both;\n(b) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both.\n(2) A person contravening any other provision of these Regulations shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable—\n(a) on conviction on indictment, to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both;\n(b) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1135/regulation/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:31:37.699928+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."
}