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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/official-feed-and-food-controls-regulations-northern-ireland-2009/regulation-40",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2009/427",
  "legislation_title": "The Official Feed and Food Controls Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/official-feed-and-food-controls-regulations-northern-ireland-2009",
  "path": "regulation/40",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "40",
  "heading": "Time limit for prosecutions (imports)",
  "text": "A prosecution for an offence under this Part which is punishable under regulation 39(2) shall not be begun after the expiry of —\n(a) three years from the commission of the offence; or\n(b) one year from its discovery by the prosecution,\nwhichever is the earlier.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 40 in operation at 25.1.2010, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2009/427/regulation/40",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:29:16.841003+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."
}