{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/olive-oil-designations-of-origin-regulations-1999/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/olive-oil-designations-of-origin-regulations-1999/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/1513",
  "legislation_title": "The Olive Oil (Designations of Origin) Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/olive-oil-designations-of-origin-regulations-1999",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Offences",
  "text": "(1) A person shall be guilty of an offence if he sells any olive oil or olive residue oil the packaging of which bears a designation of origin unless–\n(a) the oil is relevant oil; and\n(b) the designation of origin does not contravene Article 2 or 3.\n(2) A person who packages relevant oil to which Article 4 applies shall be guilty of an offence if packaging takes place other than in an establishment which is approved in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 4.\n(3) A person who sells relevant oil the packaging of which contravenes paragraph 3 of Article 4 shall be guilty of an offence.\n(4) A person who operates an establishment which has a current approval granted in accordance with regulation 5 shall be guilty of an offence if he–\n(a) fails to comply with the undertaking given in respect of that establishment in accordance with the second indent of paragraph 2 of Article 4; or\n(b) fails to agree to the checks referred to in the third indent of paragraph 2 of Article 4.\n(5) Any person guilty of an offence under this regulation shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.\n(6) Where an offence under these Regulations is committed in Scotland by a Scottish partnership and is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of, a partner, he as well as the partnership shall be guilty of the offence and liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1513/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:44:32.753025+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."
}