{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-food-regulations-2004/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-food-regulations-2004/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2004/3279",
  "legislation_title": "The General Food Regulations 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-food-regulations-2004",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Punishment of offences",
  "text": "(1) A person guilty of an offence under regulation 4 shall be liable —\n(a) on conviction on indictment, to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both;\n(b) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the relevant amount or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both.\n(2) In paragraph (1) “the relevant amount” means —\n(a) in the case of an offence under regulation 4(b), £20,000;\n(b) in any other case, the statutory maximum.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Regs. 5, 6 revoked (E.) (31.12.2013) by The Food Safety and Hygiene (England) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/2996), reg. 1(1)(c), Sch. 9 (with reg. 1(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Reg. 5(2)(a) substituted (S.) (1.1.2006) by The Official Feed and Food Controls (Scotland) Regulations 2005 (S.S.I. 2005/616), regs. 1(b), 41(3)Reg. 5(2)(a) substituted (E.) (1.1.2006) by The Official Feed and Food Controls (England) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/2626), regs. 1(b), 41(3)Reg. 5(2)(a) substituted (W.) (1.1.2006) by The Official Feed and Food Controls (Wales) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3254), regs. 1, 41(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/3279/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:13:22.131848+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."
}