{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regulatory-enforcement-and-sanctions-act-2008/section-37",
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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": "section/37",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "37",
  "heading": "“Regulator”",
  "text": "(1) In this Part, “regulator” means—\n(a) a person specified in Schedule 5 (in this Part called a “designated regulator”), or\n(b) a person, other than a designated regulator, who has an enforcement function in relation to an offence to which subsection (2) applies.\n(2) This subsection applies to an offence contained, immediately before the day on which this Act is passed, in an enactment specified in Schedule 6.\n(3) Subsection (1)(b) does not include—\n(a) the Crown Prosecution Service,\n(b) a member of a police force in England or Wales,\n(c) a Procurator Fiscal,\n(d) a constable of the Police Service of Scotland ,\n(e) the Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland, or\n(f) a member of the Police Service of Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 37(3)(d) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/602), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 59"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/13/section/37",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-05T03:34:57.307426+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."
}