{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-food-regulations-northern-ireland-2004/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-food-regulations-northern-ireland-2004/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2004/505",
  "legislation_title": "The General Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-food-regulations-northern-ireland-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": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 5(2)(a) substituted (1.1.2006) by The Official Feed and Food Controls Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 (S.R. 2005/574), regs. 1, 41(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 5 in operation at 1.1.2005, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2004/505/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:55:04.902288+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."
}