{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/detergents-regulations-2010/regulation-26",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/detergents-regulations-2010/regulation-26.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2010/740",
  "legislation_title": "The Detergents Regulations 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/detergents-regulations-2010",
  "path": "regulation/26",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": "Penalties",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), a person guilty of an offence under these Regulations is liable—\n(a) on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, or both; or\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or both.\n(2) A person guilty of an offence under regulation 20(1) (obstruction etc) or 21 (unlawful disclosure of information contained in data sheets) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.\n(3) A person guilty of an offence under regulation 7(1A) is liable—\n(a) on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum;\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 26(3) substituted (1.1.2017) by The Detergents (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/1165), regs. 1, 2(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/740/regulation/26",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:48:17.365727+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."
}