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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-protection-plastic-plates-etc-and-polystyrene-containers-etc-england-regulations-2023/regulation-7",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2023/9780348248272",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Protection (Plastic Plates etc. and Polystyrene Containers etc.) (England) Regulations 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-protection-plastic-plates-etc-and-polystyrene-containers-etc-england-regulations-2023",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Time limit for the prosecution of offences",
  "text": "(1) An information relating to an offence under Part 2 of these Regulations may be tried if it is laid within twelve months after the date on which evidence sufficient in the opinion of the prosecutor to justify the proceedings comes to the knowledge of the prosecutor.\n(2) No proceedings are to be brought more than three years after the commission of the offence.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:43:19.152677+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."
}