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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/materials-and-articles-in-contact-with-food-regulations-1987/regulation-12",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1987/1523",
  "legislation_title": "The Materials and Articles in Contact with Food Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/materials-and-articles-in-contact-with-food-regulations-1987",
  "path": "regulation/12",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Powers of authorised officers",
  "text": "An authorised officer may at all reasonable hours and on producing, if so required, some duly authenticated document showing his authority, exercise the following powers, that is to say—\n(a) he may, for the purposes of ascertaining whether any offence under these Regulations has been committed, inspect any materials or articles and enter—\n(i) any premises, other than premises used only as a dwelling, or\n(ii) any ship, aircraft or vehicle;\n(b) if he has reasonable cause to suspect that an offence under these Regulations has been committed he may require any person carrying on a trade or business or employed in connection with a trade or business, to produce any books or documents relating to the trade or business, and he may take copies of any such book or document, or of any entry in any such book or document;\n(c) he may for the purposes of ascertaining whether any offence under these Regulations has been committed purchase or take samples of any material or article to which these Regulations apply and of any food which has come into contact with any such material or article.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "applied",
      "affecting": "uksi/1992/3145",
      "affecting_title": "The Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food Regulations 1992"
    },
    {
      "type": "applied (with modifications)",
      "affecting": "uksi/1998/1376",
      "affecting_title": "The Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food Regulations 1998"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/1523/regulation/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:20:57.169482+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."
}