{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fresh-meat-beef-controls-no-2-regulations-1996/regulation-5",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/2097",
  "legislation_title": "The Fresh Meat (Beef Controls) (No. 2) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fresh-meat-beef-controls-no-2-regulations-1996",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Offences and penalties",
  "text": "(1) If any person contravenes any provision of these Regulations he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable—\n(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum; or\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both.\n(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to anything done or omitted by the Minister.\n(3) No prosecution for an offence under paragraph (1) above 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": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2000/656",
      "affecting_title": "The Food Standards Act 1999 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions and Savings) (England and Wales) Regulations 2000"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "ssi/2000/62",
      "affecting_title": "The Food Standards Act 1999 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions and Savings) (Scotland) Regulations 2000"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2097/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:37:06.012221+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."
}