{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/contaminants-in-food-amendment-regulations-1999/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/contaminants-in-food-amendment-regulations-1999/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/1603",
  "legislation_title": "The Contaminants in Food (Amendment) Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/contaminants-in-food-amendment-regulations-1999",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Amendment of the principal Regulations",
  "text": "For paragraph (1) of regulation 3 (offences and penalties) there shall be substituted the following–\n“(1) A person shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale if–\n(a) he places on the market any food (other than authorised lettuce or spinach) which is covered by, but fails to meet the requirements of, Article 2.1 as read with Article 2.5;\n(b) he contravenes Article 2.4; or\n(c) he knowingly contravenes or fails to comply with the requirements of a notice given under section 9(3)(a) of the Act as applied with modifications by regulation 6 of these Regulations.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1603/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:40:43.989031+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."
}