{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-1151/article-56",
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  "legislation": "eur/2012/1151",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-1151",
  "path": "article/56",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "56",
  "heading": "Regulations",
  "text": "1. Any power to make regulations conferred on the Secretary of State by this Regulation is exercisable by statutory instrument.\n2. Such regulations may:\n(a) contain supplementary, incidental, consequential, transitional or saving provision (including provision amending, repealing or revoking an enactment);\n(b) make different provision for different purposes.\n3. Except as specified in paragraph 4, a statutory instrument containing regulations under this Regulation is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.\n4. A statutory instrument containing regulations made under the second subparagraph of Article 2(1) or Article 14d(4), 18(5), 30(1) or 41(3) may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.\n5. Before making any regulations under this Regulation, the Secretary of State must consult:\n(a) such bodies or persons as appear to the Secretary of State to be representative of the interests likely to be substantially affected by the regulations;\n(b) such other bodies or persons as the Secretary of State may consider appropriate.\n(6.) In this Article, ‘enactment’ means:\n(a) an enactment contained in any Order in Council, order, rules, regulations or other instrument made under an Act, except so far as it extends to Northern Ireland;\n(b) regulations made under assimilated direct principal legislation, except so far as they extend to Northern Ireland;\n(c) assimilated direct minor legislation, except so far as it extends to Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 56 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Agricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1637), regs. 1(7), 18(55), Sch. 2 Pt. 6 (as amended by S.I. 2020/1661, regs. 1(2)(b), 16(7)(c))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 56(6)(b) substituted (27.2.2025) by The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/82), reg. 1(2), Sch. 15 para. 98(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Art. 56(6)(c) substituted (27.2.2025) by The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/82), reg. 1(2), Sch. 15 para. 98(5)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2012/1151/article/56",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:48:59.044275+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."
}