{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/official-feed-and-food-controls-scotland-regulations-2005/regulation-39",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2005/616",
  "legislation_title": "The Official Feed and Food Controls (Scotland) Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/official-feed-and-food-controls-scotland-regulations-2005",
  "path": "regulation/39",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "39",
  "heading": "Offences and penalties",
  "text": "(1) Any person who–\n(a) contravenes or fails to comply with regulations 26(5), 27, or 33(4) or (5); or\n(b) fails to comply with a notice served upon that person under the Import Provisions,\nis guilty of an offence.\n(2) Subject to paragraph (3), a person guilty of an offence under this Part of these Regulations is 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 2 years, to a fine or to both.\n(3) A person guilty of an offence under regulation 38 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 3 months or to both.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2005/616/regulation/39",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:22:34.813431+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."
}