{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/horticulture-act-northern-ireland-1966/section-31",
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  "legislation": "apni/1966/15",
  "legislation_title": "Horticulture Act (Northern Ireland) 1966",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/horticulture-act-northern-ireland-1966",
  "path": "section/31",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "31",
  "heading": "Punishment of offences under this Act.",
  "text": "(1) A person guilty of an offence under. . . section 27(1). . . ,. . . shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 2 on standard scale.\n(2) A person guilty of an offence under any of the provisions of this Act, other than the provisions mentioned in subsection (1), shall be liable on summary conviction. . . , to a fine not exceeding £1,000, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, or to both such fine and such imprisonment.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "1996 NI 11"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "1984 NI 3"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1966/15/section/31",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:32:16.097353+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."
}