{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carriage-of-dangerous-goods-by-rail-regulations-1996/regulation-27",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carriage-of-dangerous-goods-by-rail-regulations-1996/regulation-27.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/2089",
  "legislation_title": "The Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Rail Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carriage-of-dangerous-goods-by-rail-regulations-1996",
  "path": "regulation/27",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "27",
  "heading": "Security measures for explosives",
  "text": "(1) Where explosives are to be carried in a closed container or closed wagon the operator thereof shall ensure that the container or wagon concerned is sealed prior to carriage to prevent unauthorised access.\n(2) The train operator and the infrastructure controller shall ensure that the security of any container or wagon which is being used for the carriage of explosives is maintained whenever the train is stationary.\n(3) The train operator shall ensure that the carriage of the explosives is completed within a reasonable length of time, having regard to the distance involved.\n(4) The consignee of explosives which have been carried by train shall ensure that the explosives are removed from the railway facility to which they have been carried as soon as is practicable after their arrival there.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2089/regulation/27",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-13T03:33:23.144848+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."
}