{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prices-act-1974/schedule/paragraph-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prices-act-1974/schedule/paragraph-5.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1974/24",
  "legislation_title": "Prices Act 1974",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prices-act-1974",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Any person who contravenes an order under section ... 4 ... of this Act shall be guilty of an offence and liable—\n(a) on conviction on indictment, to a fine;\n(b) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding £400.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) Section 23 of the Trade Descriptions Act 1968 (offences due to fault of other person) and section 24(1) and (2) of that Act (defence of mistake, accident, etc.) shall have effect in relation to an offence in respect of an order under section 4 of this Act as they have effect in relation to an offence under that Act.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. para. 5(1) repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 16 Group 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. para. 5(2) repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 16 Group 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1968 c.29."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Para. 5 extended by Price Commission Act 1977 (c. 33), s. 13(5); modified by S.I. 1977/1224, reg. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1974/24/schedule/paragraph/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:44:59.065847+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."
}