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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/infant-formula-and-follow-on-formula-amendment-regulations-1997/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/infant-formula-and-follow-on-formula-amendment-regulations-1997/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/451",
  "legislation_title": "The Infant Formula and Follow-on Formula (Amendment) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/infant-formula-and-follow-on-formula-amendment-regulations-1997",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Transitional provision",
  "text": "In any proceedings in respect of any sale or export before 31st March 1999 which is alleged to constitute a contravention of regulation 2, 3, 5, 6 or 7 of the principal Regulations the defendant shall not be convicted of an offence under regulation 22 of the principal Regulations if that sale or export would not have been a contravention of regulation 2, 3, 5, 6 or 7, as appropriate, of the principal Regulations before amendment by these Regulations.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 3 in force at 31.3.1997, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "uksi/1997/451",
      "affecting_title": "The Infant Formula and Follow-on Formula (Amendment) Regulations 1997"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/451/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:24:45.030507+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."
}