{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/imitation-dummies-safety-regulations-1992/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/imitation-dummies-safety-regulations-1992/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1992/3189",
  "legislation_title": "The Imitation Dummies (Safety) Regulations 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/imitation-dummies-safety-regulations-1992",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations prohibit the supply of goods which are designed or constructed primarily as goods for private use and which are likely, subject to the exceptions mentioned below, by their form and so forth, to be mistaken by persons (particularly by children) for dummies and, as a result, be placed in their mouths, sucked or swallowed with the consequence that they may suffer death or personal injury.\nThe prohibition does not apply to goods which comply with the requirements of BS 5239: 1988 or which meet the requirements of clause 3.2.2.1 of Part 1 of BS 5665: 1989.\nCopies of the British Standards referred to in these Regulations may be obtained from the Sales Department, British Standards Institution, Linford Wood, Milton Keynes, MK14 6LE.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/3189/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:08:48.342775+00:00"
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  "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."
}