{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-hygiene-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/regulation-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-hygiene-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/regulation-17.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2006/3",
  "legislation_title": "The Food Hygiene Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-hygiene-regulations-northern-ireland-2006",
  "path": "regulation/17",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Offences and penalties",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraphs (4) and (5), any person who contravenes any of the specified Community provisions shall be guilty of an offence.\n(2) Subject to paragraph (3), a person guilty of an offence under these Regulations shall be liable—\n(a) on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum; or\n(b) on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, to a fine or to both.\n(3) A person guilty of an offence under—\n(a) regulation 15 shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both.\n(b) Schedule 6 paragraph 1(2) shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale\n(4) A person shall be considered not to have contravened Article 4(2) of Regulation 852/2004 as read with paragraph 4 of Chapter IV of Annex II to that Regulation (bulk foodstuffs in liquid, granulate or powder form to be transported in receptacles and/or containers/tankers reserved for the transport of foodstuffs) provided the requirements of Schedule 3 are complied with.\n(5) A person shall be considered not to have contravened Article 5(1) of Regulation 853/2004 provided the requirements of Schedule 2A are complied with.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 17(1) substituted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Food (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/286), regs. 1, 4(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Reg. 17(3) substituted (13.12.2014) by The Food Hygiene (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 (S.R. 2014/277), regs. 1, 2(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Reg. 17(5) inserted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Food (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/286), regs. 1, 4(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 17 in operation at 11.1.2006, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/3/regulation/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:48:58.067267+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."
}