{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-microbeads-scotland-regulations-2018/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-microbeads-scotland-regulations-2018/note.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2018/162",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Protection (Microbeads) (Scotland) Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-microbeads-scotland-regulations-2018",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\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 and come into force on 19th June 2018.\nRegulation 3 provides that it is an offence for a person to manufacture or for a person to supply, offer to supply, or have in possession for supply any rinse off personal care product containing microbeads. 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 or unincorporated associations.\nRegulation 5 provides that the local authority may authorise any person to exercise any of the powers specified in regulation 6.\nRegulation 6 gives enforcement officers powers of entry to carry out the necessary investigations in order to determine whether an offence under regulation 3 has been committed.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2018/162/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:12:39.781009+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."
}