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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-non-refillable-refrigerant-containers-regulations-1994/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-non-refillable-refrigerant-containers-regulations-1994/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1994/199",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Protection (Non-Refillable Refrigerant Containers) Regulations 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-non-refillable-refrigerant-containers-regulations-1994",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations impose restrictions on the importation, supply and storage ofnon-refillable containers containing certain chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) for use as refrigerants in air-conditioning and refrigeration machinery.\nRegulation 3 (which applies to the United Kingdom) bans the import, landing and unloading of such containers and regulations 4 and 5 (which apply to Great Britain only) ban their supply and storage. Exceptions are made for certain specified purposes. Regulations 6 and 7 contain enforcement powers. Regulation 8 makes it a criminal offence to contravene the bans imposed by regulations 3 to 5 or to fail to comply with enforcement requirements.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/199/note",
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  },
  "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."
}