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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-protection-plastic-straws-cotton-buds-and-stirrers-england-regulations-2020/regulation-3",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2020/9780111196205",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Protection (Plastic Straws, Cotton Buds and Stirrers) (England) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-protection-plastic-straws-cotton-buds-and-stirrers-england-regulations-2020",
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  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Relevant devices: transitional provision",
  "text": "(1) Before regulation 68 of the Medical Devices Regulations 2002 (“the 2002 Regulations”) comes into force, “relevant device” means a medical device within the meaning given in regulation 2 of the 2002 Regulations to which Part 2 or Part 3 of those Regulations applies, and the definition of “relevant device” in regulation 2 does not apply.\n(2) On and after the coming into force of regulation 68 of the 2002 Regulations and before 26th May 2025, “relevant device” means—\n(a) a relevant device as defined in regulation 2; or\n(b) a medical device within the meaning given in regulation 2 of the 2002 Regulations to which Part 2 or Part 3 of those Regulations applies.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Regulation 68 of the 2002 Regulations is inserted by regulation 10 of S.I. 2019/791. By virtue of Schedule 5 to the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 (c. 1), regulation 10 of S.I. 2019/791 comes into force on IP completion day, subject to any different provision which may be made by regulations under that Act."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2020/9780111196205/regulation/3",
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  },
  "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."
}