{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotch-whisky-regulations-2009/regulation-27",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotch-whisky-regulations-2009/regulation-27.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2009/2890",
  "legislation_title": "The Scotch Whisky Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotch-whisky-regulations-2009",
  "path": "regulation/27",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "27",
  "heading": "Offences",
  "text": "A person is guilty of an offence if they contravene, or fail to comply with regulation 5, 6, 7(1) or (3), 8(6) or (7), 9(6), 10(4), 11, 12, 20(3), (4), (9) or (10), 22(2) or 26.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 27 substituted (31.10.2019) by The Spirit Drinks and Scotch Whisky (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1289), regs. 1, 3(6)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/2890/regulation/27",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:03:06.844724+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."
}