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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/clinical-thermometers-eec-requirements-regulations-1993/regulation-18",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1993/2360",
  "legislation_title": "The Clinical Thermometers (EEC Requirements) Regulations 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/clinical-thermometers-eec-requirements-regulations-1993",
  "path": "regulation/18",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Institution of proceedings",
  "text": "Proceedings for any offence under these Regulations shall not be instituted—\n(a) in England and Wales, 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, except by the Department of Economic Development or the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/2360/regulation/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:50:15.738463+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."
}