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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-microbeads-regulations-northern-ireland-2019/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-microbeads-regulations-northern-ireland-2019/regulation-3.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": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Offences and penalties",
  "text": "(1) A person who, in the manufacture of any rinse-off personal care product, uses microbeads as an ingredient of that product is guilty of an offence.\n(2) A person who supplies or offers to supply any rinse-off personal care product containing microbeads is guilty of an offence.\n(3) A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) or (2) is liable—\n(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale; or\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to a term of imprisonment not exceeding 2 years, or to a fine or to both.\n(4) A person who fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with a requirement to provide information imposed under regulation 4(2) is guilty of an offence and is liable—\n(a) on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale; or\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to a term of imprisonment not exceeding 2 years, or to a fine or to both.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2019/18/regulation/3",
    "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."
}