{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-microbeads-regulations-northern-ireland-2019/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-microbeads-regulations-northern-ireland-2019/note.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2019/18",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Protection (Microbeads) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-microbeads-regulations-northern-ireland-2019",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThese Regulations prohibit the use of microbeads as an ingredient in the manufacture of rinse-off personal care products and the sale of any such products containing microbeads.\nRegulation 3 creates an offence for a breach of the prohibition on the manufacture and sale of such products or to provide information when required.\nRegulation 4 gives persons authorised under these Regulations the power to obtain information.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2019/18/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:47:47.094688+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."
}