{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/haiti-sanctions-amendment-regulations-2023/regulation-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/haiti-sanctions-amendment-regulations-2023/regulation-16.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2023/1320",
  "legislation_title": "The Haiti (Sanctions) (Amendment) Regulations 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/haiti-sanctions-amendment-regulations-2023",
  "path": "regulation/16",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Haiti (Sanctions) (Regulations) 2022",
  "text": "In regulation 40 (penalties for offences)—\n(a) in paragraph (1)(a), for “12 months” substitute “the general limit in a magistrates’ court”;\n(b) in paragraph (2)(a), for “12 months” substitute “the general limit in a magistrates’ court”;\n(c) after paragraph (2), insert—\n“(2A) A person who commits an offence under regulation 30A, 36A(6) or 36B(5) (offences in connection with trade licences) is liable—\n(a) on summary conviction in England and Wales, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding the general limit in a magistrates’ court or a fine (or both);\n(b) on summary conviction in Scotland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum (or both);\n(c) on summary conviction in Northern Ireland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum (or both);\n(d) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or a fine (or both).”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1320/regulation/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:37:34.115822+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."
}