{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-groundwater-england-and-wales-regulations-2009/regulation-22",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2009/9780111480816",
  "legislation_title": "The Groundwater (England and Wales) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-groundwater-england-and-wales-regulations-2009",
  "path": "regulation/22",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "22",
  "heading": "Penalties",
  "text": "(1) A person guilty of an offence under regulation 13 or 18 is liable—\n(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding £50,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or to both, or\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine or imprisonment not exceeding 5 years, or to both.\n(2) A person guilty of an offence under regulation 17 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.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2009/9780111480816/regulation/22",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:57:06.448623+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."
}