{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/official-controls-plant-protection-products-regulations-2020/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/official-controls-plant-protection-products-regulations-2020/regulation-3.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/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Designation for the purposes of Article 4",
  "text": "For the purposes of Article 4 in relation to the requirements for the placing on the market and use of plant protection products and components and the sustainable use of pesticides, with the exception of pesticides application equipment, the competent authority designated is—\n(a) the Secretary of State, for England,\n(b) the Scottish Ministers, for Scotland, and\n(c) the Welsh Ministers, for Wales.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 3 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/3",
    "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."
}