{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/official-feed-and-food-controls-scotland-regulations-2009/regulation-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/official-feed-and-food-controls-scotland-regulations-2009/regulation-20.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2009/446",
  "legislation_title": "The Official Feed and Food Controls (Scotland) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/official-feed-and-food-controls-scotland-regulations-2009",
  "path": "regulation/20",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Penalties",
  "text": "(1) A person guilty of an offence under regulation 18(8) 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(2) A person guilty of an offence under regulation 5(3), 9(8) or 11 is 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 is 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": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 20(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Food and Feed Safety and Hygiene (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/52), regs. 1(1), 7(8); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2009/446/regulation/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:58:13.764569+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."
}