{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-product-safety-regulations-2005/regulation-38",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2005/1803",
  "legislation_title": "The General Product Safety Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-product-safety-regulations-2005",
  "path": "regulation/38",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "38",
  "heading": "Co-operation between enforcement authorities",
  "text": "(1) It shall be the duty of an enforcement authority to co-operate with other enforcement authorities in carrying out the functions conferred on them by these Regulations. In particular—\n(a) enforcement authorities shall share their expertise and best practices with each other;\n(b) enforcement authorities shall undertake collaborative working where they have a shared interest.\n(2) The Secretary of State shall inform the European Commission as to the arrangements for the enforcement of these Regulations in respect of Northern Ireland, including which bodies are enforcement authorities in respect of Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 38(2) omitted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 9 para. 10 (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 38(2) inserted (N.I.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1112), reg. 1(b), Sch. 3 para. 1(9)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/1803/regulation/38",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:56:36.419496+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."
}