{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-northern-ireland-order-1989/article-51",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-northern-ireland-order-1989/article-51.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1989/846",
  "legislation_title": "The Food (Northern Ireland) Order 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-northern-ireland-order-1989",
  "path": "article/51",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "51",
  "heading": "Offences",
  "text": "(1) A person guilty of an offence under Article 7(4) shall be liable—\n(a) on conviction on indictment, to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both, and\n(b) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both.\n(2) A person guilty of an offence under Article 18(12) shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale.\n(3) A person guilty of an offence under Article 22(5), 23(6), 33(2), 50(1) or 50(4) shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.\n(4) A person guilty of an offence under Article 47(6) shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both.\n(5) A person guilty of an offence under this Order, other than the offences mentioned in paragraphs (1) to (4), shall be liable—\n(a) on conviction on indictment, to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both, and\n(b) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum.\n(6) An offence under—\n(a) a regulation made under this Order, other than an offence which by virtue of the regulations is punishable on conviction on indictment or on summary conviction; and\n(b) an order made under Article 7,\nshall be punishable on summary conviction only.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1989/846/article/51",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:47:23.022197+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."
}