{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motorcycles-type-approval-regulations-2018/schedule-1/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motorcycles-type-approval-regulations-2018/schedule-1/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2018/235",
  "legislation_title": "The Motorcycles (Type-Approval) Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motorcycles-type-approval-regulations-2018",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Criminal penalties",
  "text": "(1) A person guilty of an offence under these Regulations is punishable on summary conviction—\n(a) in England and Wales by a fine or (in the case of an individual) by imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, or to both; or\n(b) in Scotland or Northern Ireland by a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or (in the case of an individual) by imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, or to both.\n(2) But an offence is not punishable under this paragraph if—\n(a) the enforcement authority has required a person to pay a penalty in respect of that offence under paragraph 4; and\n(b) that penalty has been paid to the enforcement authority.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 1 para. 3(1) substituted (1.7.2018) by The Road Vehicles (Defeat Devices, Fuel Economy and Type-Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/673), regs. 1(c), 20(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/235/schedule/1/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:01:34.525416+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."
}