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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/avon-weir-act-1992/section-36",
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  "legislation": "ukla/1992/5",
  "legislation_title": "Avon Weir Act 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/avon-weir-act-1992",
  "path": "section/36",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "36",
  "heading": "Misuse of equipment or machinery",
  "text": "(1) Any person who, without lawful authority or excuse, closes or opens or operates any of the equipment or machinery comprised in Works Nos. 1, 2 and 3, or in any other way intentionally or recklessly interferes with the operation thereof, shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or on conviction on indictment to a fine.\n(2) A person shall not be guilty of an offence under subsection (1) above as respects any act done in an emergency in order to avoid danger to any person.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/1992/5/section/36",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:46:43.380538+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."
}