{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/preservatives-in-food-scotland-regulations-1989/regulation-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/preservatives-in-food-scotland-regulations-1989/regulation-10.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1989/581",
  "legislation_title": "The Preservatives in Food (Scotland) Regulations 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/preservatives-in-food-scotland-regulations-1989",
  "path": "regulation/10",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Penalties and enforcement",
  "text": "(1) If any person contravenes or fails to comply with any of the foregoing provisions of these Regulations he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable—\n(a) on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or\n(b) on conviction on indictment to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or both.\n(2) Each district and islands council shall enforce and execute these Regulations in its area.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1990/2625",
      "affecting_title": "The Food Safety Act 1990 (Consequential Modifications) (Scotland) Order 1990"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/581/regulation/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:46:06.805662+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."
}