{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-safety-and-hygiene-england-regulations-2013/regulation-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-safety-and-hygiene-england-regulations-2013/regulation-18.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2013/2996",
  "legislation_title": "The Food Safety and Hygiene (England) Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-safety-and-hygiene-england-regulations-2013",
  "path": "regulation/18",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Time limit for prosecutions",
  "text": "No prosecution for an offence under these Regulations which is punishable under paragraph (2) of regulation 19 shall be begun after the expiry of —\n(a) three years from the commission of the offence; or\n(b) one year from its discovery by the prosecutor,\nwhichever is the earlier.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/2996/regulation/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:33:50.237386+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."
}