{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/reach-enforcement-regulations-2008/regulation-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/reach-enforcement-regulations-2008/regulation-18.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/2852",
  "legislation_title": "The REACH Enforcement Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/reach-enforcement-regulations-2008",
  "path": "regulation/18",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Criminal proceedings under regulation 11 or 13",
  "text": "(1) No criminal proceedings for an offence under regulation 11 or 13 may, in England and Wales, be instituted except—\n(a) by an enforcing authority; or\n(b) by or with the consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions.\n(2) No criminal proceedings for an offence under regulation 11 or 13 may be instituted in Northern Ireland except by or with the consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/2852/regulation/18",
    "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."
}