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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regulatory-enforcement-and-sanctions-act-2008/schedule-4/paragraph-5",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2008/13",
  "legislation_title": "Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regulatory-enforcement-and-sanctions-act-2008",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Before making a determination for the purposes of this Schedule the Secretary of State —\n(a) must consult any relevant regulator, where appropriate, and\n(b) may consult such other persons as Secretary of State thinks fit.\n(2) In sub-paragraph (1)(a) “relevant regulator” means a person (other than a local authority) with regulatory functions which relate to the matter to which the determination relates.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 4A substituted for Sch. 4 (4.5.2016 for specified purposes) by Enterprise Act 2016 (c. 12), s. 44(1)(c), Sch. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 4 para. 5(1) substituted (2.2.2012) by The Local Better Regulation Office (Dissolution and Transfer of Functions, Etc.) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/246), arts. 1(2), 2, 4(2), Sch. 1 para. 16(k)(i) (with Sch. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 4 para. 5(1)(b) substituted (2.2.2012) by The Local Better Regulation Office (Dissolution and Transfer of Functions, Etc.) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/246), arts. 1(2), 2, 4(2), Sch. 1 para. 16(k)(ii) (with Sch. 2)"
    }
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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