{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fresh-meat-hygiene-and-inspection-regulations-1992/regulation-22",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fresh-meat-hygiene-and-inspection-regulations-1992/regulation-22.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1992/2037",
  "legislation_title": "The Fresh Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fresh-meat-hygiene-and-inspection-regulations-1992",
  "path": "regulation/22",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "22",
  "heading": "Offences and penalties",
  "text": "(1) If any person contravenes or fails to comply with 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 both.\n(2) No prosecution for an offence under these Regulations 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, whichever is the earlier.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/2037/regulation/22",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:17:04.922908+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."
}