{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1982/schedule-15/paragraph-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1982/schedule-15/paragraph-8.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1982/48",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice Act 1982",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1982",
  "path": "schedule/15/paragraph/8",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In section 56 of the Food and Drugs (Scotland) Act 1956 (orders and regulations)—\n(a) in subsection (8)(e), for the words “section forty of this Act\" substitute “subsection (8A) below\"; and\n(b) after subsection (8), insert the following new subsection—\n“(8A) The maximum penalties referred to in subsection (8)(e) above are—\n(a) on conviction of an offence triable only summarily, a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or both;\n(b) in relation to an offence triable either summarily or on indictment—\n(i) on summary conviction, a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or both;\n(ii) on conviction on indictment, a fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or both.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "ukpga/1995/25",
      "affecting_title": "Environment Act 1995"
    },
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "ukpga/1995/25",
      "affecting_title": "Environment Act 1995"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/48/schedule/15/paragraph/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:10:50.097321+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."
}