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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-single-use-plastic-products-civil-sanctions-wales-regulations-2023/regulation-1",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2023/1288",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic Products) (Civil Sanctions) (Wales) Regulations 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-single-use-plastic-products-civil-sanctions-wales-regulations-2023",
  "path": "regulation/1",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Title, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) The title of these Regulations is the Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic Products) (Civil Sanctions) (Wales) Regulations 2023.\n(2) These Regulations come into force on 1 December 2023.\n(3) Except where these Regulations make contrary provision, terms defined in Part 3 of Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008 have the same meaning in these Regulations.\n(4) In these Regulations—\n“the 2023 Act” (“Deddf 2023”) means the Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic Products) (Wales) Act 2023;\n“local authority” (“awdurdod lleol”) means a county council or county borough council for an area in Wales;\n“person” (“person”) means the descriptions of person set out in section 5(2) (offence of supplying prohibited single-use plastic product) of the 2023 Act except where the context requires otherwise.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2023/1288/regulation/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:02:22.068916+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."
}