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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-conflict-minerals-compliance-northern-ireland-eu-exit-regulations-2020/regulation-3",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2020/9780348213539",
  "legislation_title": "The Conflict Minerals (Compliance) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-conflict-minerals-compliance-northern-ireland-eu-exit-regulations-2020",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Competent authority",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State is the competent authority for the purposes of the EU Regulation in respect of Union importers.\n(2) The Secretary of State may authorise in writing any person who appears suitable to act to carry out the functions of the Secretary of State as competent authority.\n(3) For the purposes of these Regulations, except for regulations 3, 5, 9 and 17 a reference to the Secretary of State includes any person authorised by the Secretary of State under paragraph (2).",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2020/9780348213539/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:48:43.283276+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."
}