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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-1272/annex-II/division-3/division-3.1/division-3.1.4/division-3.1.4.2",
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  "legislation": "eur/2008/1272",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures, amending and repealing Directives 67/548/EEC and 1999/45/EC, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-1272",
  "path": "annex/II/division/3/division/3.1/division/3.1.4/division/3.1.4.2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "3.1.4.2",
  "heading": "Specific cases",
  "text": "If it seems obvious that packaging is sufficiently safe for children because they cannot get access to the contents without the help of a tool, the test referred to in section 3.1.2 or 3.1.3 does not need to be performed.\nIn all other cases and when there are sufficient grounds for doubting the security of the closure for a child, the national authority may ask the person responsible for putting the product on the market to give it a certificate from a certifying laboratory, referred to in section 3.1.4.1, stating that either:\nthe type of closure is such that it is not necessary to perform the test referred to in section 3.1.2. or 3.1.3; or\nthe closure has been tested and has been found to conform with the standards referred to above.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2008/1272/annex/II/division/3/division/3.1/division/3.1.4/division/3.1.4.2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:51:47.470832+00:00"
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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."
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