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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/batteries-and-accumulators-placing-on-the-market-regulations-2008/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/batteries-and-accumulators-placing-on-the-market-regulations-2008/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/2164",
  "legislation_title": "The Batteries and Accumulators (Placing on the Market) Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/batteries-and-accumulators-placing-on-the-market-regulations-2008",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Environmental Protection\nMade 8th August 2008\nLaid before Parliament 15th August 2008\nComing into force 26th September 2008\nThe Secretary of State is a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in respect of matters relating to batteries and accumulators.\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of that Act makes the following Regulations.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+NI",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Regulations revoked (N.I.) (17.10.2026) by The Batteries (Placing on the Market) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/1053), regs. 1(2), 19(1) (with reg. 19(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2007/3471."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c.68. Under section 57 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46), despite the transfer to Scottish Ministers of functions in relation to implementing obligations under Community law in respect of devolved matters, the function of the Secretary of State in relation to implementing those obligations continues to be exercisable by the Secretary of State as regards Scotland."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/2164/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-12T03:35:08.991104+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."
}