{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/reach-enforcement-regulations-2008/regulation-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/reach-enforcement-regulations-2008/regulation-17.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/2852",
  "legislation_title": "The REACH Enforcement Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/reach-enforcement-regulations-2008",
  "path": "regulation/17",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Appearance of authorised persons before a court of summary jurisdiction",
  "text": "(1) Where an authorised person is authorised in that behalf by—\n(a) the Health and Safety Executive;...\n(b) the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland; or\n(c) the Office for Nuclear Regulation.\nthat person may, although not of counsel or a solicitor, prosecute before a court of summary jurisdiction proceedings for an offence committed under regulation 11 or 13.\n(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply in Scotland.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in reg. 17(1)(a) omitted (1.4.2014) by virtue of The Energy Act 2013 (Office for Nuclear Regulation) (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/469), art. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 136(a) (with Sch. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Reg. 17(1)(c) and word inserted (1.4.2014) by The Energy Act 2013 (Office for Nuclear Regulation) (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/469), art. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 136(b) (with Sch. 4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/2852/regulation/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:22:33.057757+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."
}