{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-511/article-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-511/article-6.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2014/511",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) No 511/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on compliance measures for users from the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization in the Union (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-511",
  "path": "article/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Competent authorities and focal point",
  "text": "1. The Secretary of State must designate one or more competent authorities to be responsible for the application of this Regulation. The Secretary of State must publish from time to time any changes to the names or addresses of the competent authorities responsible for the application of this Regulation.\n2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n3. The Secretary of State shall designate a focal point on access and benefit-sharing responsible for liaising with the Secretariat of the Convention with regard to matters covered by this Regulation.\n4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 6(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Nagoya Protocol (Compliance) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1393), regs. 1, 3(6)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Art. 6(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Nagoya Protocol (Compliance) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1393), regs. 1, 3(6)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Art. 6(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Nagoya Protocol (Compliance) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1393), regs. 1, 3(6)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Art. 6(4) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Nagoya Protocol (Compliance) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1393), regs. 1, 3(6)(d); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2014/511/article/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:47:40.789763+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."
}