{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carcase-classification-and-price-reporting-england-regulations-2018/regulation-23",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carcase-classification-and-price-reporting-england-regulations-2018/regulation-23.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2018/1164",
  "legislation_title": "The Carcase Classification and Price Reporting (England) Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carcase-classification-and-price-reporting-england-regulations-2018",
  "path": "regulation/23",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Penalty notices",
  "text": "(1) If the Secretary of State has reason to believe that a person has committed an offence under these Regulations, the Secretary of State may give that person a notice (a “penalty notice”) in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).\n(2) A penalty notice may be of any amount.\n(3) A penalty notice must—\n(a) give such particulars of the circumstances alleged to constitute the offence as are necessary for giving reasonable information about the offence;\n(b) state the amount of the penalty;\n(c) state the period during which, by virtue of regulation 24, proceedings will not be taken for the offence;\n(d) state the person to whom and the address at which the penalty may be paid; and\n(e) state the means by which payment of the penalty may be made.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/1164/regulation/23",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:52:24.790982+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."
}