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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-cotton-buds-scotland-regulations-2019/regulation-2",
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  "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": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“authorised purpose” means the purpose of determining whether an offence under regulation 3(1) or (2) has been or is being committed,\n“enforcement officer” means a person authorised under regulation 5,\n“local authority” means a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994,\n“plastic” means a synthetic polymeric substance that can be moulded, extruded or physically manipulated into various solid forms and that retains its final manufactured shape during use in its intended applications,\n“plastic-stemmed cotton bud” means a rod of plastic which has cotton wrapped around both ends, and\n“supply” means supply by way of sale or by presentation as a promotional prize or gift in the course of a business.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in force at 12.10.2019, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1994 c.39. Section 2 was amended by paragraph 232(1) of schedule 22 of the Environment Act 1995 (c.25)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2019/271/regulation/2",
    "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."
}