{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/official-feed-and-food-controls-england-regulations-2009/regulation-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/official-feed-and-food-controls-england-regulations-2009/regulation-20.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2009/3255",
  "legislation_title": "The Official Feed and Food Controls (England) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/official-feed-and-food-controls-england-regulations-2009",
  "path": "regulation/20",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Penalties",
  "text": "(1) A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (8) of regulation 18 shall be liable —\n(a) on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum; or\n(b) on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, to a fine or to both.\n(2) A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (3) of regulation 5, paragraph (8) of regulation 9, or regulation 11 shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.\n(3) A person guilty of an offence under regulation 19 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.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 20(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Food and Feed Hygiene and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1504), regs. 1(2), 3(7)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/3255/regulation/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:58:56.267706+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."
}