{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/alkali-c-works-regulation-act-1906/section-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/alkali-c-works-regulation-act-1906/section-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Edw7/6/14",
  "legislation_title": "Alkali, &c. Works Regulation Act 1906",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/alkali-c-works-regulation-act-1906",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Condensation of hydrochloric acid gas in alkali works.",
  "text": "(1) Every alkali work shall be carried on in such manner as to secure the condensation, to the satisfaction of the appropriate Agency, of the hydrochloric acid gas evolved in such work, to the extent of ninety-five per centum, and to such an extent that in each cubic metre of air, smoke, or chimney gases, escaping from the works into the atmosphere, there is not contained more than 0.46 gram of hydrochloric acid.\n(2) The owner of any alkali work which is carried on in contravention of this section shall be guilty of an offence.",
  "extent": "S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 1(1) substituted (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120(1), Sch. 22 para. 1(2) (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word “hydrochloric” substituted for the word “muriatic” wherever it appears in the Act, by S.I. 1983/943, reg. 5(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words substituted by S.I. 1983/943, reg. 6, Sch. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 1(2) substituted by Clean Air Act 1956 (c. 52), Sch. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Edw7/6/14/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:23:08.557733+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."
}