{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-poultry-transport-order-1988/article-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-poultry-transport-order-1988/article-20.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/851",
  "legislation_title": "The Welfare of Poultry (Transport) Order 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-poultry-transport-order-1988",
  "path": "article/20",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Offences",
  "text": "Any person who, without lawful authority or excuse, proof of which shall lie on him—\n(a) contravenes any provision of this Order or any provision of a notice served under it; or\n(b) fails to comply with any such provision or with any condition of any such notice; or\n(c) knowingly causes or permits any such contravention or non-compliance,\ncommits an offence against the Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/851/article/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:06:50.833288+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."
}