{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cosmetic-products-safety-regulations-2004/regulation-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cosmetic-products-safety-regulations-2004/regulation-18.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2004/2152",
  "legislation_title": "The Cosmetic Products (Safety) Regulations 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cosmetic-products-safety-regulations-2004",
  "path": "regulation/18",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Proceedings",
  "text": "No proceedings for an offence under these Regulations shall be commenced after—\n(a) the end of the period of three years beginning with the date of the commission of the offence, or\n(b) the end of the period of one year beginning with the date of the discovery of the offence by the prosecutor,\nwhichever is earlier.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 18 in force at 11.9.2004, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/2152/regulation/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:20:02.092817+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."
}