{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-northern-ireland-order-1981/article-47",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-northern-ireland-order-1981/article-47.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1981/231",
  "legislation_title": "Weights and Measures (Northern Ireland) Order 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-northern-ireland-order-1981",
  "path": "article/47",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "47",
  "heading": "Penalties",
  "text": "(1) A person guilty of an offence under Article 6(3), 7(4), 8(2), 9(2), 9(11), 10(3), 10(4), 11(4), 12(3), 12(4), 13(1), 13(4), 13A(3), 16(3), 18(2), 18(4) or 18(5), paragraphs 4 and 5 of Schedule 4 or paragraph 5 of Schedule 5, shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £200.\n(2) A person guilty of an offence under Article 15(3) or 18(3)(b) or paragraph 6 of Part I of Schedule 5 shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both.\n(2A) A person guilty of an offence under Article 42(1) or (2) shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(5) A person guilty of an offence under any provision of this Order other than those mentioned in paragraphs (1) to (2A) . . . shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "2000 c. 5(NI)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "1984 NI 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Art. 47(2A) inserted (11.1.2017) by The Consumer Rights (Enforcement and Amendments) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/1259), art. 1, Sch. para. 1(6)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Art. 47(3) repealed (1.11.2011) by Weights and Measures (Packaged Goods) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. 2011/331), reg. 22, Sch. 1 Pt. 1 (with regs. 3, 21)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Art. 47(4) omitted (11.1.2017) by virtue of The Consumer Rights (Enforcement and Amendments) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/1259), art. 1, Sch. para. 1(6)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Word in art. 47(5) substituted (11.1.2017) by The Consumer Rights (Enforcement and Amendments) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/1259), art. 1, Sch. para. 1(6)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in art. 47(5) omitted (1.11.2011) by virtue of Weights and Measures (Packaged Goods) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. 2011/331), reg. 22, Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. 10 (with regs. 3, 21)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1981/231/article/47",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:52:11.672765+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."
}