Food, consumer protection, trading standards, product safety and age-restricted sales

3,226 criminal offences created by 1,001 statutory instruments.

The instruments that create most of them

• The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (Scotland) Regulations 2010 91 offences
• The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (England) Regulations 2010 (revoked) 86 offences
• The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (England) Regulations 2008 (revoked) 80 offences
• The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (Wales) Regulations 2008 79 offences
• The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (Scotland) Regulations 2006 77 offences
• The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (Wales) Regulations 2006 (revoked) 76 offences
• Weights and Measures (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 67 offences
• The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations… 24 offences
• The Food (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 24 offences
• The Marketing of Fresh Horticultural Produce Regulations 2009 21 offences
• The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 20 offences
• The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (No. 2) (Amendment) Regulations 2008… 20 offences
• The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland)… 20 offences
• The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland)… 20 offences
• The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (Wales) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2007 19 offences
• The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2007… 19 offences
• The Food Safety and Hygiene (England) Regulations 2013 19 offences
• The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (No. 2) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 19 offences
• The Marketing of Fresh Horticultural Produce (Wales) Regulations 2009 18 offences
• The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (Wales) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations… 17 offences
• The Foyle and Carlingford Fisheries (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 17 offences
• The Food Hygiene (England) Regulations 2006 (revoked) 16 offences
• The Bananas (Enforcement of Quality Standards) (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (revoked) 16 offences
• The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2008… 16 offences

Offences

• SCHEDULE 4 SCHEDULE 4 · Revoked · Strict liability
• SCHEDULE 4 SCHEDULE 4 · Revoked · Strict liability
• SCHEDULE 4 SCHEDULE 4 · Revoked · Strict liability
• SCHEDULE 4 SCHEDULE 4 · Revoked · Strict liability
• SCHEDULE 4 SCHEDULE 4 · Revoked · Strict liability
• SCHEDULE 4 SCHEDULE 4 · Revoked · Strict liability
• SCHEDULE 5 SCHEDULE 5 · Revoked · Mixed — some elements strict, some not
• SCHEDULE 5 SCHEDULE 5 · Revoked · Mixed — some elements strict, some not
• SCHEDULE 5 SCHEDULE 5 · Revoked · Requires proof of a state of mind
• SCHEDULE 5 SCHEDULE 5 · Revoked · Mixed — some elements strict, some not
• SCHEDULE 5 SCHEDULE 5 · Revoked · Mixed — some elements strict, some not
• SCHEDULE 5 SCHEDULE 5 · Revoked · Mixed — some elements strict, some not
• SCHEDULE 5 SCHEDULE 5 · Revoked · Mixed — some elements strict, some not
• SCHEDULE 5 SCHEDULE 5 · Revoked · Mixed — some elements strict, some not
• SCHEDULE 5 SCHEDULE 5 · Revoked · Mixed — some elements strict, some not
• SCHEDULE 6 SCHEDULE 6 · Revoked · Requires proof of a state of mind
• Approved patterns of equipment for use for trade article 10(3) · Revoked · Requires proof of a state of mind
• Approved patterns of equipment for use for trade article 10(4) · Revoked · Requires proof of a state of mind
• Provisions supplementary to Article 10 article 11(4)(b) · Revoked · Requires proof of a state of mind
• General specifications of equipment for use for trade article 12(3) · Revoked · Strict liability
• General specifications of equipment for use for trade article 12(4) · Revoked · Requires proof of a state of mind
• Regulations relating to weighing or measuring for trade article 13(1) · Revoked · Strict liability
• Regulations relating to weighing or measuring for trade article 13(4) · Revoked · Requires proof of a state of mind
• Pre-test stamping by certain manufacturers article 13A(3) · Revoked · Strict liability
• Any person who in the case of any weighing or measuring equipment used or intended to be used for trade— a not being… article 14(1) · Revoked · Strict liability
• Any person who uses for trade, sells, or exposes or offers for sale any weighing or measuring equipment which to his… article 14(3) · Revoked · Strict liability
• If any person uses for trade, or has in his possession for use for trade, any weighing or measuring equipment which is… article 15(1) · Revoked · Strict liability
• If any fraud is committed in the using of any weighing or measuring equipment for trade, the person committing the… article 15(3) · Revoked · Strict liability
• Keepers of public equipment to hold certificate article 16(3) · Revoked · Strict liability
• If any person appointed to attend to weighing or measuring by means of the equipment in question— a without reasonable… article 18(2) · Revoked · Strict liability
• If in connection with the equipment in question— a any person appointed to attend to weighing or measuring by means of… article 18(3) · Revoked · Strict liability
• If in the case of a weighing or measuring of any article, vehicle or animal carried out by means of the equipment in… article 18(4) · Revoked · Strict liability
• The person making any weighing or measuring equipment available for use by the public shall retain for a period of not… article 18(5) · Revoked · Requires proof of a state of mind
• Transactions in particular goods article 19(6) · Revoked · Strict liability
• Subject to the provisions of this Part, in the case of any goods which, when not pre-packed, are required by or under… article 20(1) · Revoked · Strict liability
• Subject to the provisions of this Part, in the case of any goods required by or under this Order to be pre-packed, or… article 20(2) · Revoked · Strict liability
• Subject to the provisions of this Part, in the case of any sale where the quantity of the goods sold expressed in a… article 20(3) · Revoked · Strict liability
• Subject to the provisions of this Part, where any goods required by or under this Order to be sold by means of, or to… article 20(4) · Revoked · Strict liability
• Quantity to be stated in writing in certain cases article 21(2) · Revoked · Strict liability
• Quantity to be stated in writing in certain cases article 21(5) · Revoked · Strict liability
• Short weight, etc article 22(1) · Revoked · Mixed — some elements strict, some not
• Short weight, etc article 22(1) · Revoked · Strict liability
• Short weight, etc article 22(3) · Revoked · Strict liability
• Short weight, etc article 22(4) · Revoked · Strict liability
• Short weight, etc article 22(6) · Revoked · Strict liability
• Short weight, etc article 22(6)(a) · Revoked · Strict liability
• Short weight, etc article 22(6)(b) · Revoked · Strict liability
• Short weight, etc article 22(7) · Revoked · Objective fault
• Non-compliance with certain requirements of the FIC Regulation article 22A(1) · Revoked · Strict liability
• Pleading of warranty as defence article 23(5) · Revoked · Requires proof of a state of mind