{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regulatory-enforcement-and-sanctions-act-2008/section-71",
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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/71",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "71",
  "heading": "Interpretation of Part 3",
  "text": "(1) In this Part—\n“civil sanction” means a fixed monetary penalty, discretionary requirement, stop notice or enforcement undertaking (and references to imposition of a civil sanction include acceptance of an enforcement undertaking);\n“discretionary requirement” has the meaning given in section 42(3);\n“enforcement function”, in relation to an offence, means a function (whether or not statutory) of taking any action with a view to or in connection with the imposition of any sanction, criminal or otherwise, in a case where the offence is committed;\n“enforcement undertaking” has the meaning given in section 50(2);\n“fixed monetary penalty” has the meaning given in section 39(3);\n“non-monetary discretionary requirement” has the meaning given in section 42(5);\n“prescribed” means prescribed in an order under this Part;\n“regulator” has the meaning given in section 37;\n“relevant authority” means—\n(a)in relation to provision made under or by virtue of this Part by a Minister of the Crown, that Minister, and\n(b)in relation to provision made under or by virtue of this Part by the Welsh Ministers, the Welsh Ministers;\n“relevant offence” has the meaning given in section 38;\n“stop notice” has the meaning given in section 46(2);\n“variable monetary penalty” has the meaning given in section 42(5).\n(2) For the purposes of this Part, any reference to a person who has an enforcement function in relation to an offence includes a reference to a person who is in any circumstances capable of exercising an enforcement function in relation to the offence.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/13/section/71",
    "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."
}