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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-product-safety-and-metrology-etc-amendment-etc-eu-exit-regulations-2019/schedule-26/paragraph-5",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2019/9780111180402",
  "legislation_title": "The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-product-safety-and-metrology-etc-amendment-etc-eu-exit-regulations-2019",
  "path": "schedule/26/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Transitional provision in relation to EU Exit",
  "text": "After regulation 4 insert—\n“Transitional provision in relation to EU Exit\n4A. (1) In this regulation—\n“pre-exit period” means the period beginning with the commencement date and ending immediately before exit day.\n(2) Subject to paragraph (3), where a non-automatic weighing instrument was made available on the market during the pre-exit period, despite the amendments made by Schedule 26 to the Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, any obligation to which a person was subject under these Regulations as they had effect immediately before exit day, continues to have effect as it did immediately before exit day, in relation to that non-automatic weighing instrument.\n(3) Paragraph (2) does not apply to—\n(a) any obligation of any competent authority to inform the European Commission or Member States of any matter; or\n(b) any obligation to take action outside of the United Kingdom in respect of that non-automatic weighing instrument.\n(4) Where during the pre-exit period—\n(a) a non-automatic weighing instrument has not been placed on the market; and\n(b) a manufacturer has taken any action under regulation 36 as it had effect immediately before exit day in relation to that non-automatic weighing instrument,\nthat action has effect as if it had been done under regulation 36 as it had effect on and after exit day.”.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "text": "S.I. 2019/XXXX."
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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