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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-automatic-weighing-instruments-eec-requirements-regulations-1995/regulation-40",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1995/1907",
  "legislation_title": "The Non-automatic Weighing Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regulations 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-automatic-weighing-instruments-eec-requirements-regulations-1995",
  "path": "regulation/40",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "40",
  "heading": "Offences and penalties",
  "text": "(1) Any person guilty of an offence—\n(a) under regulation 4(3)(a) and (5), 16(3)(a), 17(4), 18(8), 23(1) or (3) 26(5), 38(6) or 39(1) or (2) shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale;\n(b) under regulation 4(3)(b) shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale.\n(2) Where the commission by any person of an offence under the provisions mentioned in paragraph (1) above is due to the act or default of some other person, that other person shall be guilty of the offence, and a person may be charged with and convicted of the offence by virtue of this regulation whether or not proceedings are taken against the first-mentioned person.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1997/3035",
      "affecting_title": "The Non-automatic Weighing Instruments (EEC Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations 1997"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/1907/regulation/40",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:05:20.753992+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."
}