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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medical-devices-amendment-regulations-2003/regulation-8",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/1697",
  "legislation_title": "The Medical Devices (Amendment) Regulations 2003",
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  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Amendment of regulation 18 of the principal Regulations",
  "text": "In regulation 18 of the principal Regulations (UK notified bodies and the conformity assessment procedures for general medical devices), after paragraph (3) there is added the following paragraph—\n“(4) Decisions taken by UK notified bodies before 1st September 2003 in accordance with Annex II in respect of breast implants may not be extended.”.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1697/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:16:48.278874+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."
}