{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/groundwater-regulations-northern-ireland-2009/regulation-29",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/groundwater-regulations-northern-ireland-2009/regulation-29.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2009/254",
  "legislation_title": "Groundwater Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/groundwater-regulations-northern-ireland-2009",
  "path": "regulation/29",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "29",
  "heading": "Penalties",
  "text": "A person guilty of an offence under regulation 19, 24 or 25 is liable—\n(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months; or\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 29(a) substituted (14.12.2009) by Groundwater (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 (S.R. 2009/359), regs. 1, 3(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 29 in operation at 10.8.2009, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2009/359",
      "affecting_title": "Groundwater (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2009/254/regulation/29",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:31:10.101020+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."
}