{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/spirit-drinks-regulations-2008/regulation-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/spirit-drinks-regulations-2008/regulation-18.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/3206",
  "legislation_title": "The Spirit Drinks Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/spirit-drinks-regulations-2008",
  "path": "regulation/18",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Criminal offences: punishment",
  "text": "(1) A person guilty of any offence under regulation 4(1) , (2) or (5), 11(3) or (8), 13(2) or 17, is liable—\n(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum; and\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine.\n(2) A person guilty of an offence under regulation 9(4) is liable—\n(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, or to both; and\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, to a fine, or to both.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 18(1) substituted (30.12.2020) by The Spirit Drinks, Wine and European Union Withdrawal (Consequential Modifications) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1636), regs. 1(2), 2(5)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/3206/regulation/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:20:04.998706+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."
}