{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/biocidal-products-regulations-northern-ireland-2001/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/biocidal-products-regulations-northern-ireland-2001/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2001/422",
  "legislation_title": "Biocidal Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/biocidal-products-regulations-northern-ireland-2001",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Placing on the market of active substances",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2), a person shall not place on the market for use in a biocidal product a new active substance unless—\n(a) an application has been made to the Executive, the Ministers or to a competent authority for the inclusion of that new active substance in Annex I, IA or IB; and\n(b) the Executive, the Ministers or that competent authority has agreed to the applicant forwarding a summary of the dossiers submitted in support of the application to the Commission and the member States.\n(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a new active substance intended for use in a biocidal product where that new active substance is placed on the market for use in an experiment or test for the purposes of—\n(a) scientific research and development; or\n(b) process orientated research and development.\n(3) A person shall not place on the market an active substance intended exclusively for use in a biocidal product for the purpose of any experiment or test in Northern Ireland which may involve or result in the release into the environment of that active substance unless that active substance has been authorised in accordance with regulation 17.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 4 in operation at 16.1.2002, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "nisr/2001/422",
      "affecting_title": "Biocidal Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2007/190",
      "affecting_title": "The Biocidal Products (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2001/422/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:09:36.641699+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."
}