{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cooking-utensils-safety-regulations-1972/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cooking-utensils-safety-regulations-1972/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1972/1957",
  "legislation_title": "The Cooking Utensils (Safety) Regulations 1972",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cooking-utensils-safety-regulations-1972",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "CONSUMER PROTECTION\nMade 12th December 1972\nLaid before Parliament 21st December 1972\nComing into Operation 1st April 1973\nIn pursuance of sections 1 and 2(4) of the Consumer Protection Act 1961 and of the Schedule to that Act as amended by the London Government Act 1963, and after consulting with such persons and bodies of persons as appear to me to be requisite, I hereby make the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1972/1957/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T22:22:14.235455+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."
}