{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-2283/article-22",
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  "legislation": "eur/2015/2283",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015 on novel foods, amending Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1852/2001 (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-2283",
  "path": "article/22",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "22",
  "heading": "Extension of time periods",
  "text": "In exceptional circumstances, the appropriate authority may extend the time periods provided for in Articles 11(1), 12(1) or (2), 17(1) and 18(1) on its own initiative or, where applicable, at the Food Safety Authority's request, where the nature of the matter in question justifies an appropriate extension.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 22 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Novel Food (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/702), regs. 1, 28; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2015/2283/article/22",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:46:15.607182+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."
}