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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-single-use-plastic-products-wales-act-2023/section-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-single-use-plastic-products-wales-act-2023/section-7.json",
  "legislation": "asc/2023/2",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic Products) (Wales) Act 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-single-use-plastic-products-wales-act-2023",
  "path": "section/7",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Enforcement action by local authorities",
  "text": "(1) A local authority may—\n(a) investigate complaints in respect of offences under section 5 alleged to have been committed in its area;\n(b) bring prosecutions in respect of offences under section 5 committed in its area;\n(c) take any other steps with a view to reducing the incidence of offences under section 5 in its area.\n(2) References in this Act to an authorised officer of a local authority are to any person authorised by a local authority for the purposes of this Act.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 7 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 22(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 7 in force at 30.10.2023 by S.I. 2023/1149, art. 2(e)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2023/2/section/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:17:51.849728+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."
}