{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/quick-frozen-foodstuffs-regulations-northern-ireland-2007/regulation-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/quick-frozen-foodstuffs-regulations-northern-ireland-2007/regulation-9.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2007/65",
  "legislation_title": "The Quick-Frozen Foodstuffs Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/quick-frozen-foodstuffs-regulations-northern-ireland-2007",
  "path": "regulation/9",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Offences penalties and enforcement",
  "text": "(1) If any person contravenes any of the provisions of these Regulations he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.\n(2) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), if any person contravenes a specified Community provision he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.\n(3) A person shall be considered not to have contravened the first paragraph of Article 2.2 of Regulation 37/2005 if the requirements of Schedule 3 are complied with.\n(4) A person shall be considered not to have contravened Article 2 of Regulation 37/2005 if—\n(a) the offence which would otherwise have been committed was in respect of a cold store facility with a capacity of less than 10m3 used for storing stock in retail outlets; and\n(b) the air temperature in the cold store is measured by an easily visible thermometer.\n(5) Each district council shall enforce and execute these Regulations within its district.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Regulations revoked (1.3.2007) by The Quick-Frozen Foodstuffs (No.2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 (S.R. 2007/110), Regs. 1 , 11"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2007/65/regulation/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:42:46.477647+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."
}