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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/organic-products-regulations-northern-ireland-2020/regulation-26",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2020/272",
  "legislation_title": "The Organic Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/organic-products-regulations-northern-ireland-2020",
  "path": "regulation/26",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": "Extended time limit for bringing prosecutions",
  "text": "No prosecution for an offence under these Regulations may be begun after the expiry of one year from the commission of the offence or six months from its discovery by the prosecutor, whichever is the earlier.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 26 in operation at 31.12.2020, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2020/272/regulation/26",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:41:45.607814+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."
}