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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-explosives-regulations-1991/regulation-15",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1991/1531",
  "legislation_title": "The Control of Explosives Regulations 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-explosives-regulations-1991",
  "path": "regulation/15",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Enforcement",
  "text": "(1) Subject to the following paragraphs of this regulation the enforcing authority for these Regulations in any area of Great Britain shall be the chief officer of police for that area.\n(2) The enforcing authority in relation to regulation 12–\n(a) in respect of any place within a licensed factory or magazine;\n(b) in respect of any place in premises occupied on behalf of the Crown for naval, military or air force purposes or for the purposes of the department of the Secretary of State having responsibility for defence; and\n(c) under regulation 12(1) in respect of any place below ground in any mine,\nshall be the Executive.\n(3) The Executive shall be the enforcing authority for these Regulations–\n(a) in relation to regulation 11;\n(b) for any area outside Great Britain; and\n(c) against a police force or any member of a police force.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2009/693",
      "affecting_title": "The Health and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) Regulations 2009"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2014/469",
      "affecting_title": "The Energy Act 2013 (Office for Nuclear Regulation) (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2014"
    }
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1531/regulation/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:41:52.410050+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."
}