{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/potatoes-originating-in-egypt-regulations-1998/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/potatoes-originating-in-egypt-regulations-1998/regulation-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/201",
  "legislation_title": "The Potatoes Originating in Egypt Regulations 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/potatoes-originating-in-egypt-regulations-1998",
  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Offences",
  "text": "(1) A person shall be guilty of an offence if, without reasonable excuse, proof of which shall lie on him, he contravenes or fails to comply with regulation 3 (imports of potatoes originating in Egypt) or 4 (approval of plants which process potatoes originating in Egypt) above.\n(2) A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) above shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1998/3167",
      "affecting_title": "The Potatoes Originating in Egypt (Amendment) Regulations 1998"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/201/regulation/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:38:17.610828+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."
}