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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-hazardous-substances-and-packaging-legislative-functions-and-amendment-eu-exit-regulations-2020/regulation-8",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2020/9780348213607",
  "legislation_title": "The Hazardous Substances and Packaging (Legislative Functions and Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-hazardous-substances-and-packaging-legislative-functions-and-amendment-eu-exit-regulations-2020",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Consultation",
  "text": "(1) Before making any regulations under this Part, the Secretary of State must consult such persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.\n(2) The Secretary of State must publish a summary of the responses to a consultation under paragraph (1).\n(3) A consultation on regulations under regulation 3(1) must contain at least the following information—\n(a) precise and clear wording of any proposed restriction, or amendment of a restriction;\n(b) references and scientific evidence for the restriction, or amendment of a restriction;\n(c) information on the use of the substance, or the group of similar substances, in EEE;\n(d) information on detrimental effects and exposure, in particular during waste EEE management operations;\n(e) information on possible substitutes and other alternatives, and on their availability and reliability;\n(f) justification for the proposed provision being the most appropriate measure;\n(g) a socioeconomic assessment of the effect of the proposed provision.\n(4) Paragraph (1) does not apply—\n(a) to regulations under regulation 3(1) which are implementing a review of the list of restricted substances, if the Secretary of State has already consulted as part of that review, provided that such consultation satisfies the requirements in paragraph (3);\n(b) to regulations under regulation 5 if—\n(i) the Secretary of State has already consulted in accordance with regulation 6(3)(d) or 10(9) before deciding to make the regulations; or\n(ii) regulation 9(3)(b) or 10(8)(b) applies.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2020/9780348213607/regulation/8",
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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."
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