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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plastic-materials-and-articles-in-contact-with-food-lid-gaskets-england-regulations-2007/regulation-7",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2007/2786",
  "legislation_title": "The Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Lid Gaskets) (England) Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plastic-materials-and-articles-in-contact-with-food-lid-gaskets-england-regulations-2007",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Time limit for prosecutions",
  "text": "No prosecution for an offence under these Regulations shall be begun after the expiry of three years from the commission of the offence or one year from its discovery by the prosecutor, whichever is the earlier.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/2786/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:43:32.378191+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."
}