{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plastic-materials-and-articles-in-contact-with-food-regulations-1992/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plastic-materials-and-articles-in-contact-with-food-regulations-1992/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1992/3145",
  "legislation_title": "The Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food Regulations 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plastic-materials-and-articles-in-contact-with-food-regulations-1992",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Restriction on sale etc., and importation of plastic materials and articles",
  "text": "(1) No person shall use any plastic material or article which does not comply with these Regulations in the course of a business in connection with the storage, preparation, packaging, sale or serving of food for human consumption.\n(2) No person shall sell any plastic material or article which does not comply with these Regulations for the purpose of its being used in connection with the storage, preparation, packaging, sale or serving of food for human consumption.\n(3) No person shall import from any place other than a member State of the European Economic Community any plastic material or article which does not comply with these Regulations for the purpose of its being used in connection with the storage, preparation, packaging, sale or serving of food for human consumption.\n(4) In any proceedings for an offence under this regulation it shall be a defence for the person charged to prove that the plastic material or article in respect of which the offence is alleged to have been committed was intended for export and complied with the importing country’s domestic legislation relevant to the alleged offence.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/3145/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:09:17.501704+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."
}