# The Poultry Meat (Water Content) Regulations 1984, Regulation 11: Offences and penalties


(1) Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with regulation 5 of these regulations or any Community provision specified in paragraph (2) of this regulation shall be guilty of an offence and subject to paragraph (4) of this regulation shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £2000.
(2) The Community provisions referred to in paragraph (1) of this regulation are:—
(a) article 1 of the Council regulation (which permits the marketing of poultry carcases only if the water content absorbed during preparation does not exceed a prescribed limit);
(b) article 2 of the Council regulation (which requires slaughterhouses to carry out regular checks on water absorbed by poultry, to record the results of those checks and, in appropriate cases, to make the necessary technical adjustments to their processing methods);
(c) article 2 of the Commission regulation (which contains requirements relating to poultry carcases deemed not to comply with the Council regulation);
(d) article 4 of the Commission regulation (which contains requirements relating to the manner of marking or labelling).
(3) Any person who—
(a) wilfully obstructs an authorised officer acting in execution of the Community provisions or of these regulations, or
(b) wilfully fails to comply with any requirement properly made of him by such an officer under article 2(3) of the Council regulation,
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £400.
(4) Nothing in this regulation shall affect the penalty which may be imposed for an offence committed before the coming into operation of these regulations.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1984/1145/regulation/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/poultry-meat-water-content-regulations-1984/regulation-11
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