{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/breaching-of-limits-on-ticket-sales-regulations-2018/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/breaching-of-limits-on-ticket-sales-regulations-2018/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2018/735",
  "legislation_title": "The Breaching of Limits on Ticket Sales Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/breaching-of-limits-on-ticket-sales-regulations-2018",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Offences: prosecution and penalties",
  "text": "(1) An offence under these Regulations is triable summarily in England and Wales and Scotland.\n(2) A person guilty of an offence under these Regulations is liable—\n(a) in England and Wales, to a fine; or\n(b) in Scotland, to a fine not exceeding £50,000.\n(3) The Competition and Markets Authority may enforce these Regulations.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 5(3) inserted (6.4.2025) by Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (c. 13), ss. 216(5), 339(1) (with Sch. 19); S.I. 2025/272, reg. 2(1)(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 5 in force at 5.7.2018, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/735/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:56:34.367455+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."
}