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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/good-laboratory-practice-regulations-1997/regulation-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/654",
  "legislation_title": "The Good Laboratory Practice Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/good-laboratory-practice-regulations-1997",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Functions of the Secretary of State",
  "text": "The Secretary of State—\n(a) is designated as the authority within the United Kingdom responsible for—\n(i) the verification of compliance with the principles of good laboratory practice within the United Kingdom,\n(ii) the inspection of laboratories within the United Kingdom and the audit of studies carried out by laboratories to assess compliance with the principles of good laboratory practice, and\n(iii) any other functions of the United Kingdom’s good laboratory practice monitoring authority arising out of or related to any Community obligation or the United Kingdom’s enjoyment of rights deriving from the Community’s cooperation with the OECD under or by virtue of the Treaties; and\n(b) shall enforce compliance with these Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/654/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:22:49.085052+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."
}