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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fresh-meat-hygiene-and-inspection-regulations-1995/regulation-21",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1995/539",
  "legislation_title": "The Fresh Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1995",
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  "path": "regulation/21",
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  "number": "21",
  "heading": "Offences and penalties",
  "text": "(1) If any person contravenes—\n(a) regulation 10(1); or\n(b) regulation 12(1),\nhe shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.\n(2) If any person contravenes—\n(a) any other provision of these Regulations; or\n(b) a condition imposed by the Minister under regulation 6(4),\nhe shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable—\n(i) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum; or\n(ii) on conviction on indictment, to a fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or both.\n(3) Neither paragraph (1) nor paragraph (2) above applies to anything done or omitted by the Minister.\n(4) No prosecution for an offence under any of the provisions mentioned in paragraph (1) or (2) above shall be begun after the expiry—\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.",
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  "version": "current",
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    {
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    {
      "type": "amended",
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      "affecting_title": "The Meat (Enhanced Enforcement Powers) (England) Regulations 2000"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/539/regulation/21",
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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."
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