{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-packaged-goods-regulations-northern-ireland-2011/regulation-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-packaged-goods-regulations-northern-ireland-2011/regulation-10.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2011/331",
  "legislation_title": "The Weights and Measures (Packaged Goods) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-packaged-goods-regulations-northern-ireland-2011",
  "path": "regulation/10",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Enforcement",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (4), it shall be the duty of the Department to enforce the provisions of these Regulations.\n(2) Subject to paragraph (4), proceedings for an offence under these Regulations shall not be instituted except by or on behalf of the Department or by or on behalf of the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland.\n(3) Proceedings for an offence under these Regulations, other than an offence under regulation 16, shall not be instituted after the expiration of the period of twelve months beginning with the date when the offence was committed.\n(4) Proceedings for an offence under regulation 16 shall not be instituted except by or on behalf of the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland.\n(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 10(5) omitted (1.10.2015) by virtue of The Consumer Rights Act 2015 (Commencement No. 3, Transitional Provisions, Savings and Consequential Amendments) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/1630), art. 1, Sch. 2 para. 127 (with art. 8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 10 in operation at 1.11.2011, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2011/331/regulation/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:19:42.068096+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."
}