{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-irradiation-regulations-northern-ireland-2009/regulation-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-irradiation-regulations-northern-ireland-2009/regulation-10.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2009/258",
  "legislation_title": "The Food Irradiation Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-irradiation-regulations-northern-ireland-2009",
  "path": "regulation/10",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Offences and penalties",
  "text": "(1) Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of these Regulations or, for the purposes of these Regulations, makes any false statement or uses any document containing a false statement either recklessly or knowing it to be false, is guilty of an offence and is liable—\n(a) on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or both; and\n(b) on conviction on indictment to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or both.\n(2) Any licensee who contravenes or fails to comply with any condition of the licence is guilty of an offence and is liable—\n(a) on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or both; and\n(b) on conviction on indictment to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or both.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 10 in operation at 31.7.2009, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2009/258/regulation/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:31:06.800354+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."
}