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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/notification-of-new-substances-regulations-1993/regulation-8",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1993/3050",
  "legislation_title": "The Notification of New Substances Regulations 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/notification-of-new-substances-regulations-1993",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Placing of notified substances on the market",
  "text": "(1) Substances notified in accordance with regulation 4 may, in the absence of any objection by the competent authority, be placed on the market no sooner than 60 days after receipt of a notification which is in conformity with the requirements of that regulation.\n(2) If, within 60 days from receipt of the notification, the competent authority decides the notification is not in conformity with regulation 4, it shall inform the notifier in writing forthwith, and the substance shall only be placed on the market 60 days after receipt by the competent authority of the information necessary to bring the notification into conformity with that regulation.\n(3) Substances notified in accordance with regulation 6(1) or (2) may, in the absence of any objection by the competent authority, be placed on the market no sooner than 30 days after receipt of a notification which is in conformity with the requirements of the relevant paragraph of regulation 6.\n(4) If, within 30 days from receipt of the notification referred to in paragraph (3), the competent authority decides the notification is not in conformity with the relevant paragraph of regulation 6, it shall inform the notifier in writing forthwith, and the substance shall only be placed on the market 30 days after receipt by the competent authority of the information necessary to bring the notification into conformity with that paragraph.\n(5) In the case of a notification made under regulation 6, if the competent authority has informed the notifier in writing that the notification has been accepted as in conformity with that regulation, the substance may be placed on the market no sooner than 15 days after receipt of the summary of the dossier by the competent authority.\n(6) If a notification under regulation 4 or 6 has been accepted as conforming to the requirements of these Regulations, the competent authority shall forthwith advise the notifier of the official notification number that has been allocated to the notification.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/3050/regulation/8",
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  },
  "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."
}