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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-market-surveillance-northern-ireland-regulations-2021/schedule-1/paragraph-29",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2021/9780348224641",
  "legislation_title": "The Market Surveillance (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-market-surveillance-northern-ireland-regulations-2021",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/29",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "29",
  "heading": "Criminal proceedings",
  "text": "(1) A district council in Northern Ireland may bring proceedings for a consumer offence allegedly committed in a part of Northern Ireland which is outside that council’s district.\n(2) In sub-paragraph (1) “a consumer offence” means—\n(a) an offence under the enforcer’s legislation which a district council in Northern Ireland has a duty or power to enforce,\n(b) an offence under legislation under which legislation within paragraph (a) is made,\n(c) an offence originating from an investigation into a breach of legislation mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b), or\n(d) an offence described in paragraph 21 or 22 of this Schedule.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2021/9780348224641/schedule/1/paragraph/29",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:47:01.861928+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."
}