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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-single-use-plastic-products-wet-wipes-wales-regulations-2025/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-single-use-plastic-products-wet-wipes-wales-regulations-2025/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2025/716",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic Products) (Wet Wipes) (Wales) Regulations 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-single-use-plastic-products-wet-wipes-wales-regulations-2025",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Environmental Protection, Wales\nMade 18 June 2025\nComing into force 18 December 2026\nThe Welsh Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 3(1)(a), (b) and (c) of the Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic Products) (Wales) Act 2023 (“the Act”).\nBefore making these Regulations, the Welsh Ministers have complied with the consultation requirements in accordance with section 3(2) of the Act.\nIn considering whether to exercise the power in section 3 of the Act, the Welsh Ministers have complied with their duty under section 4(1) of the Act.\nIn accordance with section 21(3) of the Act, a draft of these Regulations has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, Senedd Cymru.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2023 asc 2."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2025/716/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:57:25.767552+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."
}