{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/zoonoses-monitoring-scotland-regulations-2007/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/zoonoses-monitoring-scotland-regulations-2007/regulation-8.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2007/420",
  "legislation_title": "The Zoonoses (Monitoring) (Scotland) Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/zoonoses-monitoring-scotland-regulations-2007",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Offences and penalties",
  "text": "(1) A person commits an offence if that person–\n(a) administers any treatment to an animal with the intention of disguising any zoonosis or zoonotic agent;\n(b) defaces, obliterates or removes any mark applied under regulation 5(c) without the authority of an inspector;\n(c) removes or intentionally damages any equipment placed on premises by an inspector under regulation 5(e);\n(d) fails to comply with regulation 6(1);\n(e) intentionally obstructs any person acting in the execution of these Regulations;\n(f) gives false or misleading information to any person acting in the execution of these Regulations;\n(g) fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with the requirement of a person acting in the execution of these Regulations to–\n(i) give any assistance or information; or\n(ii) produce any record.\n(2) It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under this regulation to prove that that person took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid the commission of the offence.\n(3) A person guilty of an offence under these Regulations is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2007/420/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:11:25.872965+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."
}