{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-cotton-buds-scotland-regulations-2019/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-cotton-buds-scotland-regulations-2019/note.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2019/271",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Protection (Cotton Buds) (Scotland) Regulations 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-cotton-buds-scotland-regulations-2019",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations prohibit the manufacture and the sale of plastic stemmed cotton buds and come into force on 12 October 2019.\nRegulation 3 provides that it is an offence for a person to manufacture, supply, offer to supply, or have in their possession for supply, any plastic stemmed cotton bud. A person found guilty of such an offence will be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £5,000 or on conviction on indictment to a term of imprisonment not exceeding 2 years or a fine not exceeding £5,000 or both.\nRegulation 4 makes provision for offences by bodies corporate, Scottish partnerships and unincorporated associations.\nRegulation 5 provides that a local authority may authorise any person to exercise any of the powers specified in regulation 6.\nRegulation 6 makes provision for enforcement officer powers of entry and associated powers to carry out investigations in order to determine whether an offence under regulation 3 has been, or is being, committed. It also includes provision for entry under warrant, where the use of force to effect entry may be required.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2019/271/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:06:18.889191+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."
}