{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/honey-scotland-regulations-2015/regulation-21",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/honey-scotland-regulations-2015/regulation-21.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2015/208",
  "legislation_title": "The Honey (Scotland) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/honey-scotland-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/21",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": "Transitional provision",
  "text": "In any proceedings for an offence under these Regulations it is a defence for the person charged to prove that—\n(a) the product was placed on the market or labelled before 24th June 2015; and\n(b) the matters constituting the alleged contravention would not have constituted an offence under the Honey (Scotland) Regulations 2003 as they stood immediately before 24th June 2015.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2015/208/regulation/21",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:29:12.012571+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."
}