{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-accident-investigation-and-reporting-regulations-2005/regulation-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-accident-investigation-and-reporting-regulations-2005/regulation-16.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/1992",
  "legislation_title": "The Railways (Accident Investigation and Reporting) Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-accident-investigation-and-reporting-regulations-2005",
  "path": "regulation/16",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Offences",
  "text": "(1) A person guilty of an offence under regulation 4(12), 7(6), 8(7) and 9(13) to 9(16) shall be liable—\n(a) on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to a fine not exceeding £20,000 a fine, or both; and\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or a fine, or both.\n(2) A person guilty of an offence under regulation 6(7) shall be liable —\n(a) on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £20,000; and\n(b) on conviction on indictment to a fine\non summary conviction, or on conviction on indictment, to a fine.\n(3) A person guilty of an offence under regulation 10(9), 12(5) or 13(6) shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 16(1) substituted (E.W.) (12.3.2015) by The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Fines on Summary Conviction) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/664), reg. 1(1), Sch. 4 para. 69(2) (with reg. 5(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 16(2) substituted (E.W.) (12.3.2015) by The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Fines on Summary Conviction) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/664), reg. 1(1), Sch. 4 para. 69(3) (with reg. 5(1))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/1992/regulation/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:55:43.070845+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."
}