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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-single-use-plastic-products-wales-act-2023/section-8",
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  "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/8",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Power to make test purchases",
  "text": "An authorised officer of a local authority may make such purchases and arrangements, and secure the provision of such services, as the officer considers necessary for the purpose of the exercise of the local authority’s functions under this Act.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 8 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 22(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 8 in force at 30.10.2023 by S.I. 2023/1149, art. 2(f)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2023/2/section/8",
    "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."
}