{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-packaged-goods-regulations-northern-ireland-2011/regulation-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-packaged-goods-regulations-northern-ireland-2011/regulation-18.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2011/331",
  "legislation_title": "The Weights and Measures (Packaged Goods) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-packaged-goods-regulations-northern-ireland-2011",
  "path": "regulation/18",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Penalties for offences",
  "text": "(1) A person guilty of an offence under regulation 12(6), 13(1), 14(1), 14(2) or 15 shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.\n(2) A person guilty of an offence under regulation 13(2), 13(3), or 13(4) 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 three months, or to both.\n(3) A person guilty of an offence under regulation 16(1) shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, and on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to a fine, or to both.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 18 in operation at 1.11.2011, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2011/331/regulation/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:19:42.068096+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."
}