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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/alcoholometers-and-alcohol-hydrometers-eec-requirements-regulations-1977/regulation-16",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1977/1753",
  "legislation_title": "The Alcoholometers and Alcohol Hydrometers (EEC Requirements) Regulations 1977",
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  "path": "regulation/16",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Proceedings for any offence under these Regulations shall not—\n(a) in England and Wales, be instituted except by or on behalf of the Secretary of State or the chief officer of police for a police area; or\n(b) in Northern Ireland be instituted except by or on behalf of the Department of Commerce for Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1977/1753/regulation/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T19:46:59.620994+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."
}