{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plastic-materials-and-articles-in-contact-with-food-england-regulations-2006/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plastic-materials-and-articles-in-contact-with-food-england-regulations-2006/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2006/1401",
  "legislation_title": "The Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (England) Regulations 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plastic-materials-and-articles-in-contact-with-food-england-regulations-2006",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Restriction on the use, sale or import of plastic materials and articles",
  "text": "(1) No person may —\n(a) use for the handling of food in the course of a business;\n(b) sell for the purpose of handling of food; or\n(c) import from anywhere other than an EEA State for the purpose of handling of food,\na plastic material or article which fails to meet the required standard.\n(2) For the purposes of this regulation a plastic material or article fails to meet the required standard if —\n(a) it has been manufactured with a prohibited monomer as described in regulation 4(2) or a prohibited additive as described in regulation 5(2); or\n(b) it does not meet the required standards set out in regulation 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/1401/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:28:33.333266+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."
}