{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-protection-products-regulations-2011/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-protection-products-regulations-2011/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2011/2131",
  "legislation_title": "The Plant Protection Products Regulations 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-protection-products-regulations-2011",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Pesticides\nMade 20th August 2011\nLaid before Parliament 2nd September 2011\nComing into force 24th September 2011\nThe Secretary of State is designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Union and measures in the veterinary and phytosanitary fields for the protection of public health.\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of, as read with paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to, the European Communities Act 1972.\nThese Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972. It appears to the Secretary of State that it is expedient for references in these Regulations to Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and repealing Council Directives 79/117/EEC and 91/414/EEC to be construed as including references to Articles 30(3) and 52(4), and to Annexes I to V of that Regulation as amended from time to time.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+NI",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1972 c. 68. The power of the Secretary of State, as designated Minister, to make Regulations that (i) extend to Scotland remains exercisable by virtue of section 57(1) of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46), (ii) extend to Northern Ireland remains exercisable by virtue of article 3(2) of the European Communities (Designation)(No 3) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/2812) and article 2(3) of the European Communities (Designation) (No 2) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/2027); and (iii) apply in Wales remains exercisable by virtue of article 6(1) of the European Communities (Designation) (No 5) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/2690) and article 5(1) of the European Communities (Designation) (No.2) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1792)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I 1972/1811."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 1999/2027."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "OJ No. L309, 24.11.2009, p.1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "OJ No. L33, 8.2.1979, p.36."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "OJ No. L230, 19.8.1991, p.1."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/2131/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:57:06.622888+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."
}