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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carriage-of-dangerous-goods-by-road-regulations-1996/schedule-11/paragraph-17",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/2095",
  "legislation_title": "The Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carriage-of-dangerous-goods-by-road-regulations-1996",
  "path": "schedule/11/paragraph/17",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Miscellaneous dangerous goods",
  "text": "(1) Packages containing the goods un 3245 genetically modified micro-organisms shall be—\n(a) so stowed that they are readily accessible; and\n(b) kept only in cool places away from sources of heat.\n(2) Where packages containing the goods referred to in sub-paragraph (1) above are to be carried refrigerated, the temperature shall be maintained during unloading or in transit storage.\n(3) Where these goods have escaped and contaminated a vehicle—\n(a) that vehicle may not be re-used until after it has been thoroughly cleaned and, if necessary, disinfected;\n(b) all goods and articles carried in such a vehicle shall be checked for possible contamination; and\n(c) any wooden parts of a vehicle which have come into contact with genetically modified micro-organisms shall be removed and incinerated.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "rev.in pt.",
      "affecting": "uksi/1999/303",
      "affecting_title": "The Carriage of Dangerous Goods (Amendment) Regulations 1999"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1999/303",
      "affecting_title": "The Carriage of Dangerous Goods (Amendment) Regulations 1999"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1999/303",
      "affecting_title": "The Carriage of Dangerous Goods (Amendment) Regulations 1999"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2095/schedule/11/paragraph/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:37:07.755162+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."
}