{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/feed-hygiene-and-enforcement-scotland-regulations-2005/regulation-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/feed-hygiene-and-enforcement-scotland-regulations-2005/regulation-15.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2005/608",
  "legislation_title": "The Feed (Hygiene and Enforcement) (Scotland) Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/feed-hygiene-and-enforcement-scotland-regulations-2005",
  "path": "regulation/15",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Offences, penalties and enforcement",
  "text": "(1) Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with any of the provisions of Regulation 178/2002 set out in paragraph (2) is guilty of an offence and liable–\n(a) in the case of paragraph (2)(a) and (b)–\n(i) on summary conviction to a term of imprisonment not exceeding 3 months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or both; or\n(ii) on conviction on indictment to a term of imprisonment not exceeding 2 years or to a fine, or both;\n(b) in the case of paragraph (2)(c), (d) and (e) on summary conviction to a term of imprisonment not exceeding 3 months or to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or both.\n(2) The provisions referred to in paragraph (1) are–\n(a) Article 12 in so far as it relates to feed (export or re-export to third countries);\n(b) Article 15(1) (prohibition on the placing on the market or feeding to any ... animal of unsafe feed);\n(c) Article 16 in so far as it relates to feed (prohibition on misleading labelling, advertising or presentation);\n(d) Article 18(2) and (3) (requirements of traceability) in so far as relating to feed business operators;\n(e) Article 20 (responsibilities of feed business operators).\n(3) The competent authority for the purposes of Articles 15, 18 and 20 of Regulation 178/2002 is Food Standards Scotland.\n(4) In this regulation “feed” means feed for food-producing animals.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 15(2)(b) omitted (23.11.2010) by virtue of The Animal Feed (Scotland) Regulations 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/373), regs. 1, 15(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Reg. 15(3) substituted (1.4.2021) by The Feed (Transfer of Functions) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/467), regs. 1(2), 5(9)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2005/608/regulation/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:22:42.031496+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."
}