{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/human-medicines-regulations-2012/regulation-271",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/human-medicines-regulations-2012/regulation-271.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2012/1916",
  "legislation_title": "The Human Medicines Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/human-medicines-regulations-2012",
  "path": "regulation/271",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "271",
  "heading": "Offences: penalties",
  "text": "A person who is guilty of an offence under regulation 268, 268A, 269, 269A or 270 is liable—\n(a) on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum; or\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to both.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 271 substituted (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2019/775, reg. 209A (as inserted by The Human Medicines (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1488), reg. 1, Sch. 2 para. 166)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/1916/regulation/271",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:24:34.993203+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."
}