{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-genetic-technology-precision-breeding-regulations-2025/regulation-42",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2025/9780348269123",
  "legislation_title": "The Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Regulations 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-genetic-technology-precision-breeding-regulations-2025",
  "path": "regulation/42",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "42",
  "heading": "Relevant breaches",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of the Act and these Regulations, the following matters are treated as relevant breaches—\n(a) obstructing an inspector;\n(b) providing false information to an inspector;\n(c) impersonating an inspector.\n(2) Where a person has failed to comply with a Part 3 obligation due to an act or default of some other person, that other person may be treated as having failed to comply with the Part 3 obligation.\n(3) Enforcement notices may be issued against the other person referred to in paragraph (2) whether or not an enforcement notice is issued against the first-mentioned person.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "“Relevant breach” is defined in section 31(1) of the Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "“Inspector” is defined in section 19(1) as regards Part 2 of the Act, and in section 30(1) as regards Part 3 of the Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "“Enforcement notice” is defined in section 32(3) of the Act."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2025/9780348269123/regulation/42",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:39:31.398204+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."
}