{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fire-precautions-workplace-regulations-1997/regulation-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fire-precautions-workplace-regulations-1997/regulation-15.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1840",
  "legislation_title": "The Fire Precautions (Workplace) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fire-precautions-workplace-regulations-1997",
  "path": "regulation/15",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Enforcement notices: offence",
  "text": "(1) It is an offence for a person to contravene any requirement imposed by an enforcement notice.\n(2) Any person guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) shall be liable—\n(a) on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum; or\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or both.\n(3) In any proceedings for an offence under this regulation it shall be a defence for the person charged to prove that he took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid the commission of the offence.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1840/regulation/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:04:32.584610+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."
}