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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carriage-of-dangerous-goods-by-rail-regulations-1996/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carriage-of-dangerous-goods-by-rail-regulations-1996/regulation-5.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/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Carriage in bulk in wagons and large containers",
  "text": "No operator of a wagon or large container shall cause or permit to be carried therein any dangerous goods in bulk unless—\n(a) the letter Y appears in column 8 of the Approved Carriage List in relation to those goods;\n(b) any requirements specified in Schedule 2 relating to the carriage of those goods in that wagon or container are complied with;\n(c) in the case of a wagon it is—\n(i) closed,\n(ii) open and sheeted, or\n(iii) has a moveable roof; and\n(d) in the case of a large container it is—\n(i) closed, or\n(ii) open and sheeted.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1999/303",
      "affecting_title": "The Carriage of Dangerous Goods (Amendment) Regulations 1999"
    },
    {
      "type": "revoked",
      "affecting": "uksi/2004/568",
      "affecting_title": "The Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations 2004"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2089/regulation/5",
    "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."
}