{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/genetically-modified-organisms-traceability-and-labelling-regulations-northern-ireland-2005/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/genetically-modified-organisms-traceability-and-labelling-regulations-northern-ireland-2005/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2005/271",
  "legislation_title": "The Genetically Modified Organisms (Traceability and Labelling) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/genetically-modified-organisms-traceability-and-labelling-regulations-northern-ireland-2005",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Obtaining information from persons",
  "text": "(1) For the purpose of the execution and enforcement of these Regulations and the specified Community provisions, a district council or the Department, as the case may be, may by notice in writing served on any person who appears –\n(a) to be involved in the placing on the market of –\n(i) products consisting of or containing genetically modified organisms; or\n(ii) food or feed produced from genetically modified organisms; or\n(b) to be about to become, or to have been, involved in either of those activities,\nrequire that person to furnish such relevant information available to him as is specified in the notice, in such form and within such period following service of the notice as is so specified.\n(2) For the purposes of this regulation “relevant information” means information concerning any aspects of the activities in question.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 5 in operation at 30.6.2005, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2005/271/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:52:08.297876+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."
}