{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/borehole-sites-and-operations-regulations-1995/schedule-2/paragraph-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/borehole-sites-and-operations-regulations-1995/schedule-2/paragraph-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1995/2038",
  "legislation_title": "The Borehole Sites and Operations Regulations 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/borehole-sites-and-operations-regulations-1995",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Work permits",
  "text": "(1) Where borehole operations are carried on and it is shown in the health and safety document that such a measure is necessary, a system of work permits shall be introduced for carrying out hazardous operations and usually straightforward operations which may interact with other activities to cause serious hazards.\n(2) Work permits shall specify the conditions to be fulfilled and the precautions to be taken before, during and after the work concerned and shall be issued by the person in charge of those operations in accordance with a scheme agreed with the operator of the borehole site.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 5 in force at 1.10.1995, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/2038/schedule/2/paragraph/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:04:25.673210+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."
}