{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-protection-emergency-prohibitions-dioxins-england-no-2-order-1992/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-protection-emergency-prohibitions-dioxins-england-no-2-order-1992/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1992/1274",
  "legislation_title": "The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Dioxins) (England) (No. 2) Order 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-protection-emergency-prohibitions-dioxins-england-no-2-order-1992",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order prohibits the breeding of food creatures and the movement of such creatures and crops from the designated area (articles 3 and 4 and the Schedule). The creatures, crops and their produce may create a hazard to human health because they may be contaminated with dioxins (article 2).\nUnder section 21 of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985 the penalty for contravening an emergency prohibition is–\n(a) on summary conviction, a fine of an amount not exceeding the statutory maximum (at present £2,000);\n(b) on conviction on indictment, an unlimited fine, or imprisonment for a term of not more than two years, or both.\nPowers of enforcement in relation to emergency prohibitions are conferred by section 4 of, and Schedule 2 to, the 1985 Act. Obstruction of enforcement officers is an offence under paragraph 10 of that Schedule.\nThis Order supersedes the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Dioxins) (England) Order 1992, which has lapsed.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/1274/note",
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  "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."
}