{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-water-fluoridation-consultation-england-regulations-2022/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-water-fluoridation-consultation-england-regulations-2022/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2022/9780348238020",
  "legislation_title": "The Water Fluoridation (Consultation) (England) Regulations 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-water-fluoridation-consultation-england-regulations-2022",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Consultation",
  "text": "(1) In order to consult and ascertain opinion before taking any step concerning fluoridation arrangements that falls within section 89(2) of the Act, the Secretary of State must—\n(a) publish, through such media as the Secretary of State considers appropriate, details of the step the Secretary of State proposes to take and the manner in which persons can make representations regarding the proposal; and\n(b) give notice of the proposal to every local authority whose area falls wholly or partly within the area to which the arrangements relate and any other person the Secretary of State considers appropriate.\n(2) The details published under paragraph (1)(a) must include—\n(a) the nature of the step the Secretary of State proposes to take;\n(b) the reasons for the proposal;\n(c) the area affected by the proposal; and\n(d) the period, being a period of not less than 12 weeks from the date on which the details are first published, within which representations can be made to the Secretary of State.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2022/9780348238020/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:45:02.243367+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."
}