{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/slaughter-of-poultry-licences-and-specified-qualifications-regulations-1991/regulation-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/slaughter-of-poultry-licences-and-specified-qualifications-regulations-1991/regulation-9.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1991/1676",
  "legislation_title": "The Slaughter of Poultry (Licences and Specified Qualifications) Regulations 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/slaughter-of-poultry-licences-and-specified-qualifications-regulations-1991",
  "path": "regulation/9",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Penalties",
  "text": "(1) A person who contravenes or fails to comply with regulation 4(1) or 4(2) shall be guilty of an offence and liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.\n(2) A person who knowingly or recklessly gives false information for the purpose of obtaining a licence shall be guilty of an offence and liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.\n(3) A person shall not be guilty of an offence under these Regulations if he proves that he took all reasonable steps and exercised all due diligence to avoid committing such an offence.\n(4) A person shall not be guilty of an offence under these Regulations if he proves that by reason of an accident or other emergency the contravention or non-compliance was necessary for preventing physical injury or suffering to any person or bird.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1676/regulation/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:40:56.574208+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."
}