{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-protective-equipment-enforcement-regulations-2018/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-protective-equipment-enforcement-regulations-2018/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2018/390",
  "legislation_title": "The Personal Protective Equipment (Enforcement) Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-protective-equipment-enforcement-regulations-2018",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Enforcement Authorities",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2), EU Regulation 2016/425, these Regulations and RAMS (in its application to PPE) must be enforced by the market surveillance authority.\n(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the Secretary of State may enforce EU Regulation 2016/425, these Regulations and RAMS (in its application to PPE).\n(3) In Scotland only the Lord Advocate may commence proceedings for an offence under these Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/390/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:59:52.654684+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."
}