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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cosmetic-products-safety-regulations-2004/schedule-11/paragraph-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2004/2152",
  "legislation_title": "The Cosmetic Products (Safety) Regulations 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cosmetic-products-safety-regulations-2004",
  "path": "schedule/11/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The immediate container, if any, of a cosmetic product purchased by an enforcement authority shall not have been opened by, on behalf of or at the request of the enforcement authority before the purchase takes place and the container shall not thereafter be opened except in accordance with paragraph 5.3 of Part I of Annex A and paragraph 1.2 of Part II of Annex A.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 11 para. 3 in force at 11.9.2004, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/2152/schedule/11/paragraph/3",
    "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."
}