{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/human-tissue-act-2004/section-25",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/human-tissue-act-2004/section-25.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2004/30",
  "legislation_title": "Human Tissue Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/human-tissue-act-2004",
  "path": "section/25",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "25",
  "heading": "Breach of licence requirement",
  "text": "(1) A person who contravenes section 16(1) commits an offence, unless he reasonably believes—\n(a) that what he does is not an activity to which section 16 applies, or\n(b) that he acts under the authority of a licence.\n(2) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) shall be liable—\n(a) on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum;\n(b) on conviction on indictment—\n(i) to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years, or\n(ii) to a fine, or\n(iii) to both.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 25 in force at 20.10.2005 for specified purposes by S.I. 2005/2792, art. 2(2)(j)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 25 in force at 1.3.2006 for specified purposes by S.I. 2006/404, art. 2(3)(4), Sch. (with arts. 4-6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I3",
      "text": "S. 25 in force at 7.4.2006 for specified purposes by S.I. 2006/404, art. 3(3), Sch. (with arts. 4-6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I4",
      "text": "S. 25 in force at 1.9.2006 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2006/1997, art. 3(2) (with arts. 4, 7, 8)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/30/section/25",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:16:57.129059+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."
}