{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/digital-markets-competition-and-consumers-act-2024/section-240",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2024/13",
  "legislation_title": "Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/digital-markets-competition-and-consumers-act-2024",
  "path": "section/240",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "240",
  "heading": "Penalty for offences",
  "text": "A person guilty of an offence under section 237 is liable—\n(a) on summary conviction in England and Wales, to a fine;\n(b) on summary conviction in Scotland or Northern Ireland, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum;\n(c) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine (or both).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 240 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 339(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 240 in force at 6.4.2025 by S.I. 2025/272, reg. 2(1)(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2024/13/section/240",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-05T03:35:09.592730+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."
}