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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/reach-enforcement-regulations-2008/schedule-6/part-2/crossheading-powers-of-entry/paragraph-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2008/2852",
  "legislation_title": "The REACH Enforcement Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/reach-enforcement-regulations-2008",
  "path": "schedule/6/part/2/crossheading/powers-of-entry/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Where under the power conferred by paragraph 1(i) an authorised person takes possession of any thing found in any premises, the authorised person must leave there, either with a responsible person or, if that is impracticable, fixed in a conspicuous position, a notice giving particulars of that thing sufficient to identify it and stating that the authorised person has taken possession of it under that power; and before taking possession of any such thing under that power an authorised person must, if it is practicable to do so, take a sample and give to a responsible person at the premises a portion of the sample marked in a manner sufficient to identify it.",
  "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/schedule/6/part/2/crossheading/powers-of-entry/paragraph/4",
    "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."
}