{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/port-security-regulations-2009/regulation-30",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/port-security-regulations-2009/regulation-30.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2009/2048",
  "legislation_title": "The Port Security Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/port-security-regulations-2009",
  "path": "regulation/30",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "30",
  "heading": "Offences in relation to prohibited articles",
  "text": "(1) It is an offence for a person, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, to have with them when attempting to enter or when in a controlled building or restricted area, any prohibited article.\n(2) A person guilty of an offence under this regulation is liable—\n(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months; or\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/2048/regulation/30",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:07:37.619667+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."
}