{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/import-and-export-restrictions-foot-and-mouth-disease-regulations-2001/regulation-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/import-and-export-restrictions-foot-and-mouth-disease-regulations-2001/regulation-16.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2001/665",
  "legislation_title": "The Import and Export Restrictions (Foot-And-Mouth Disease) Regulations 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/import-and-export-restrictions-foot-and-mouth-disease-regulations-2001",
  "path": "regulation/16",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Penalties",
  "text": "(1) A person contravening any provision of these Regulations shall be guilty of an offence.\n(2) A person guilty of an offence under regulation 14(1)(a) or (b) above shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both.\n(3) A person guilty of any other offence under these Regulations shall be liable—\n(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to imprisonment not exceeding three months or to both;\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/665/regulation/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:00:14.341109+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."
}