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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-microbeads-scotland-regulations-2018/regulation-5",
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  "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": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Enforcement",
  "text": "(1) A local authority may authorise any person to exercise in its area, for an authorised purpose and in accordance with the terms of the authorisation, any of the powers specified in regulation 6, if that person appears suitable to exercise them.\n(2) An authorisation under paragraph (1) must be in writing.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 5 in force at 19.6.2018, see reg. 1(1)"
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  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2018/162/regulation/5",
    "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."
}