{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marking-of-plastic-explosive-for-detection-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/regulation-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marking-of-plastic-explosive-for-detection-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/regulation-1.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1996/262",
  "legislation_title": "The Marking of Plastic Explosive for Detection Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marking-of-plastic-explosive-for-detection-regulations-northern-ireland-1996",
  "path": "regulation/1",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation and Commencment",
  "text": "These regulations may be cited as the Marking of Plastic Explosive for Detection Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 31st July 1997 or on the day on which the Convention enters into operation for the United Kingdom (such date to be notified by the Secretary of State in the Belfast Gazette) whichever is the earlier.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 1 in operation at 31.7.1997, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "nisr/1996/262",
      "affecting_title": "The Marking of Plastic Explosive for Detection Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/262/regulation/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-13T03:32:03.788259+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."
}