{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marking-of-plastic-explosive-for-detection-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marking-of-plastic-explosive-for-detection-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/regulation-5.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/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Importation",
  "text": "(1) No person shall import any unmarked explosive into the United Kingdom.\n(2) Paragraph (1) of this regulation shall not apply for a period of 15 years, commencing with the date of coming into operation of these Regulations, to any unmarked explosive manufactured before these Regulations come into operation, imported by the authorities of a State Party to the Convention for military or police purposes.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 5 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/5",
    "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."
}