{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/unlicensed-medicinal-products-for-human-use-transmissible-spongiform-encephalopathies-safety-regulations-2003/regulation-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/unlicensed-medicinal-products-for-human-use-transmissible-spongiform-encephalopathies-safety-regulations-2003/regulation-7.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2003/1680",
  "legislation_title": "The Unlicensed Medicinal Products for Human Use (Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies) (Safety) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/unlicensed-medicinal-products-for-human-use-transmissible-spongiform-encephalopathies-safety-regulations-2003",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Enforcement",
  "text": "(1) In relation to unlicensed products, each weights and measures authority in Great Britain and each district council in Northern Ireland is relieved of the duty imposed by section 27(1) of the 1987 Act (enforcement) to enforce within their area these Regulations, and that duty is transferred—\n(a) in Great Britain, to the Secretary of State;\n(b) in Northern Ireland, to the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety.\n(2) In respect of an offence committed under section 12 of the 1987 Act relating to a contravention of regulation 2—\n(a) a magistrates' court in England or Wales may try any information laid within 12 months from the time when the offence was committed;\n(b) a magistrates' court in Northern Ireland may hear and determine any complaint made within 12 months from the time when the offence was committed; and\n(c) in Scotland, summary proceedings for the offence may be commenced at any time within 12 months from the time when the offence was committed.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 7 in force at 30.7.2003, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1680/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:18:33.650829+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."
}