{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/footwear-indication-of-composition-labelling-regulations-1995/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/footwear-indication-of-composition-labelling-regulations-1995/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1995/2489",
  "legislation_title": "The Footwear (Indication of Composition) Labelling Regulations 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/footwear-indication-of-composition-labelling-regulations-1995",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Application",
  "text": "(1) These Regulations apply to footwear sold or offered for sale to consumers.\n(2) A non-exhaustive list of the products covered by these Regulations is at Schedule 1.\n(3) The following types of footwear are excluded from these Regulations—\n(a) second-hand, worn footwear,\n(b) protective footwear covered by Regulation (EU) 2016/425 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on personal protective equipment and repealing Council Directive 89/686/EEC,\n(c) footwear covered by Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC, and\n(d) toy footwear.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 3(3)(b) substituted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Consumer Protection (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1326), regs. 1(2), 2(2)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 3(3)(c) substituted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Consumer Protection (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1326), regs. 1(2), 2(2)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 3 in force at 23.3.1996, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/2489/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:01:13.683053+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."
}