{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/detergents-regulations-2005/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/detergents-regulations-2005/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/2469",
  "legislation_title": "The Detergents Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/detergents-regulations-2005",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Competent authority",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State shall be the competent authority in the United Kingdom for the purposes of Regulation 648/2004.\n(2) The Secretary of State shall also be responsible for the discharge in the United Kingdom of the following functions—\n(a) those assigned to Member States by Articles 8 and 15(1) of Regulation 648/2004; and\n(b) those reserved to Member States by the second sub-paragraph of Article 9(3) of that Regulation.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 3 in force at 8.10.2005, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "uksi/2005/2469",
      "affecting_title": "The Detergents Regulations 2005"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2469/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:52:56.376500+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."
}