{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fire-precautions-workplace-regulations-northern-ireland-2001/regulation-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fire-precautions-workplace-regulations-northern-ireland-2001/regulation-15.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2001/348",
  "legislation_title": "Fire Precautions (Workplace) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fire-precautions-workplace-regulations-northern-ireland-2001",
  "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": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 15 in operation at 1.12.2001, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "nisr/2001/348",
      "affecting_title": "Fire Precautions (Workplace) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2001/348/regulation/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:10:14.740807+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."
}