{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/miscellaneous-food-additives-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/regulation-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/miscellaneous-food-additives-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/regulation-7.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1996/50",
  "legislation_title": "Miscellaneous Food Additives Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/miscellaneous-food-additives-regulations-northern-ireland-1996",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Offences, penalties and enforcement",
  "text": "(1) If any person contravenes any of the provisions of these Regulations he shall be guilty of an offence, and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.\n(2) Subject to paragraph (3), these Regulations shall be enforced and executed by each district council within its district.\n(3) The Department of Agriculture shall enforce and execute these Regulations in relation to milk in liquid milk plants.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 7 in operation at 22.4.1996, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "nisr/1996/50",
      "affecting_title": "Miscellaneous Food Additives Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/50/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:37:42.459637+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."
}