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regulation 7(1) of The Bovine Products (Restriction on Placing on the Market) (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2005

This offence was read from the text as made, and no revised version was available, so a later revocation could not be ruled out. Check the current text at legislation.gov.uk.

What the provision says

1 Any person who contravenes regulation

3 or knowingly contravenes the requirements of

a notice given under regulation 6(2)(a) is guilty of an offence.

Text as made, from legislation.gov.uk. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. This is the text as originally made; later amendments are not shown here.

Who it binds, and what has to be proved

Binds
a person
Conduct
contravening a requirement of the instrument
Fault element
Requires proof of a state of mind
Burden of proof
No statutory defence — prosecution proves everything

The prosecution must prove both that the conduct happened and that it was done with the state of mind the provision names (knowingly).

The provision states no defence, so the prosecution bears the burden on every element of the offence.

Classifier’s reasoning: mens rea word in the offence-creating words: knowingly.

What would breach regulation 7(1)?

These are illustrations, not law. They are generated from the provision’s own words to show the shape of the offence. Whether any particular conduct is caught depends on the full text, on any amendment since, and on the facts.

  1. On these words an offence is committed where a person contravenes regulation 3 or knowingly contravenes the requirements of a notice given under regulation 6(2)(a).
  2. Doing the thing the provision prohibits under the Bovine Products (Restriction on Placing on the Market) (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2005, whatever the reason for doing it.
  3. Where the requirement is a positive duty, letting the time for performing it pass without performing it.

Penalty

Mode of trial
Either way — magistrates’ court or Crown Court
Maximum fine
£5,000
Maximum prison (summary)
3 months
Maximum prison (on indictment)
2 years

expressed as the statutory maximum (the prescribed sum): the same words mean £5,000 in England and Wales and £10,000 in Scotland.

Sentencing

Offences of this kind are usually sentenced under the guidelines below. This is a mapping by subject, not a finding about this provision, and the links go to a search of the Sentencing Council’s own site.

Prosecution figures

No published per-offence figure was found for this provision, and it could not be matched to a Ministry of Justice offence code. Offences created by statutory instrument very largely do not have one. Absence of a figure is not evidence that the offence is unused.

Status and lifecycle

Current status
Status not determined
Made
17 November 2005
In force from
1 January 2006
Extent
S

How this was established: read from the text as made; no revised version available, so later revocation could not be ruled out.

What the instrument is for

(This note is not part of the Regulations) — the explanatory note published with the instrument, © Crown copyright.

These Regulations revoke and re enact with certain changes the Bovine Products (Restriction on Placing on the Market) (Scotland) Regulations 2005 (S.S.I. 2005/470), which gave effect in relation to Scotland to Article 1.1 of Commission Decision 2005/598/EC prohibiting the placing on the market of products derived from bovine animals born or reared within the United Kingdom before 1st August 1996 for any purpose and exempting such animals from certain control and eradication measures laid down in Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001 (O.J. No. L 204, 5.8.05, p.22). The changes effected by these Regulations are necessary in the light of the coming into force of the Food Hygiene (Scotland) Regulations 2005 (S.S.I. 2005/505), which provide for the execution and enforcement in relation to Scotland of certain Community instruments relating to food hygiene. The revocation of the Bovine Products (Restriction on Placing on the Market) (Scotland) Regulations 2005 is effected by regulation 10 of these Regulations. Article 1.1 of Commission Decision 2005/598/EC provides that certain products derived from bovine animals born or reared within the United Kingdom before 1st August 1996 may not be placed on the market. The prohibition contained in Article 1.1 of Commission Decision 2005/598/EC is now given effect by regulation 3 of these Regulations. These Regulations also– a apply with modifications certain provisions of the Food Safety Act 1990 (1990 c. 16) for the purposes thereof (regulation 5); b provide for the inspection and seizure of products that are suspected of having been placed on the market in contravention of regulation 3 (regulation 6); c create offences and penalties (regulation 7); d make provision for their enforcement including the appointment of authorised officers (regulations 4 and 8); e make a consequential amendment to the Animal By Products (Identification) Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/614) in so far as they apply in relation to Scotland (regulation 9). No regulatory impact assessment has been prepared in relation to these Regulations. A full regulatory impact assessment, which includes a compliance cost assessment of the effect that the implementation of Article 1.1 of Commission Decision 2005/598/EC by the Bovine Products (Restriction on Placing on the Market) (Scotland) Regulations 2005 would have on business costs, was prepared and placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre. Copies may be obtained from the Food Standards Agency Scotland, 6th Floor, St Magnus House, 25 Guild Street, Aberdeen, AB11 6NJ.

Read the full note and every offence in this instrument

How this was identified as an offence

Everything above rests on the judgement that this provision creates a criminal offence, rather than mentioning one. That judgement is made by rule, from the words of the provision, and this is the rule that made it — with a confidence of 0.92.

Basis
the provision says a person is “guilty of an offence”
Confidence
0.92 of 1.00

A provision that states a penalty for an offence created elsewhere can read very like one that creates an offence, and the rules can mistake the one for the other. If the text quoted above sets a penalty for something made an offence by another provision, treat the classification on this page with that in mind, and read the instrument.

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