{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/human-medicines-regulations-2012/regulation-303",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/human-medicines-regulations-2012/regulation-303.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2012/1916",
  "legislation_title": "The Human Medicines Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/human-medicines-regulations-2012",
  "path": "regulation/303",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "303",
  "heading": "Offences",
  "text": "(1) A person is guilty of an offence if that person commits a breach of a provision in this Chapter.\n(2) A breach of a provision in this Chapter includes any—\n(a) contravention by any person of any prohibition in this Chapter; and\n(b) failure by any person to comply with any requirement or obligation in this Chapter.\n(3) A person guilty of an offence under this regulation other than one to which paragraph (4) applies 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.\n(4) This paragraph applies to an offence consisting of a breach of—\n(a) regulation 298(1) (free samples);\n(b) regulation 299(2) or (3) (medical sales representatives); or\n(c) regulation 300(4) (solicitation or acceptance of inducements or hospitality).\n(5) A person guilty of an offence to which paragraph (4) applies is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/1916/regulation/303",
    "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."
}