{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/supply-of-machinery-safety-regulations-2008/regulation-22",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/supply-of-machinery-safety-regulations-2008/regulation-22.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/1597",
  "legislation_title": "The Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/supply-of-machinery-safety-regulations-2008",
  "path": "regulation/22",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "22",
  "heading": "Offences and penalties",
  "text": "(1) A person who contravenes or fails to comply with—\n(a) a requirement of regulations 7, 8, ... 10, 11, 12 or 15; or\n(b) a requirement under regulation 21(3)(c) of a notice served under regulation 21(3);\nis guilty of an offence.\n(2) Subject to paragraph (3), a person guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) shall be liable—\n(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both; and\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both.\n(3) A person who is guilty of an offence as a result of having contravened or failed to comply with—\n(a) regulation 7(2)(b), (e) or (f);\n(b) regulation 8;\n(c) regulation 15; or\n(d) a requirement under regulation 21(3)(c) of a notice served under regulation 21(3);\nshall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in reg. 22(1)(a) omitted (15.12.2011) by virtue of The Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2157), regs. 1, 6"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/1597/regulation/22",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:29:27.122747+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."
}