{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/official-controls-plant-protection-products-regulations-2020/regulation-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/official-controls-plant-protection-products-regulations-2020/regulation-18.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2020/552",
  "legislation_title": "The Official Controls (Plant Protection Products) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/official-controls-plant-protection-products-regulations-2020",
  "path": "regulation/18",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Time limits for prosecution",
  "text": "A prosecution for an offence under these Regulations may begin no later than the earlier of the expiry of —\n(a) three years from the commission of the offence; or\n(b) one year from its discovery by the prosecuting authority.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 18 in force at 22.6.2020, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/552/regulation/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:29:54.723490+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."
}