{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/meat-inspection-regulations-1987/regulation-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/meat-inspection-regulations-1987/regulation-17.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/2236",
  "legislation_title": "The Meat Inspection Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/meat-inspection-regulations-1987",
  "path": "regulation/17",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Penalties and enforcement",
  "text": "(1) If any person contravenes or fails to comply with any of the foregoing provisions of these Regulations he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable—\n(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding £2,000; and\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or both.\n(2) Each local authority shall execute and enforce such provisions in their district.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words added",
      "affecting": "uksi/1990/2486",
      "affecting_title": "The Food Safety Act 1990 (Consequential Modifications) (England and Wales) Order 1990"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/2236/regulation/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:14:07.096521+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."
}