{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-in-animals-and-related-products-scotland-regulations-2012/regulation-36",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2012/177",
  "legislation_title": "The Trade in Animals and Related Products (Scotland) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-in-animals-and-related-products-scotland-regulations-2012",
  "path": "regulation/36",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "36",
  "heading": "Penalties",
  "text": "A person who is guilty of any offence under these Regulations is liable—\n(a) on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both; or\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years, to a fine, or to both.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 36 substituted (14.12.2019) by The Official Controls (Agriculture etc.) (Scotland) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/412), regs. 1(1), 24(29)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2012/177/regulation/36",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:43:52.526570+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."
}