{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fishery-products-official-controls-charges-scotland-regulations-2005/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fishery-products-official-controls-charges-scotland-regulations-2005/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2005/597",
  "legislation_title": "The Fishery Products (Official Controls Charges) (Scotland) Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fishery-products-official-controls-charges-scotland-regulations-2005",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Account period",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of these Regulations, the account period shall be 1 month or such longer period not exceeding 12 months as is determined by the relevant food authority.\n(2) The account period shall be determined with a view to reducing to a reasonable amount, in comparison with the charges which are expected to fall due, the costs of–\n(a) making returns; and\n(b) collecting charges.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 5 in force at 1.1.2006, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "ssi/2005/597",
      "affecting_title": "The Fishery Products (Official Controls Charges) (Scotland) Regulations 2005"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2005/597/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:22:50.278205+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."
}