{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/reach-enforcement-regulations-2008/regulation-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/reach-enforcement-regulations-2008/regulation-7.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/2852",
  "legislation_title": "The REACH Enforcement Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/reach-enforcement-regulations-2008",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Defence",
  "text": "(1) A person is exempt from compliance with a listed REACH provision if that person—\n(a) has the benefit of a defence exemption certificate made by the Secretary of State in respect of that provision; . . .\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) Schedule 4 (defence exemption certificates) has effect.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 7(1)(b) and word omitted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The REACH etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/758), reg. 1(1), Sch. 10 para. 4 (as amended by S.I. 2020/1577, regs. 1(1)(a), 3(1)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/2852/regulation/7",
    "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."
}