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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carriage-of-dangerous-goods-by-road-regulations-1996/schedule-3/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carriage-of-dangerous-goods-by-road-regulations-1996/schedule-3/paragraph-1.json",
  "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/3/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Construction of vehicles and tank containers",
  "text": "The operator of a road tanker or tank container shall not use that road tanker or tank container for the carriage of dangerous goods unless—\n(a) it is properly designed, of adequate strength and of good construction from sound and suitable material;\n(b) it is suitable for the purposes for which it is being used having regard to—\n(i) the nature and circumstances of the journey being undertaken, and\n(ii) the characteristic properties and quantity of the dangerous goods and of all other goods being carried, including any which are not in themselves dangerous;\n(c) the carrying tank of the road tanker or the tank container concerned, and any fittings attached thereto—\n(i) are designed, constructed and maintained so as to prevent any of the contents escaping, except that this requirement shall not prevent the fitting of a suitable safety device, and\n(ii) insofar as they are likely to come into contact with the goods, are made of materials which are neither liable to be adversely affected by the goods nor liable in conjunction with them significantly to increase the risk to the health or safety of any person; and\n(d) in the case of a road tanker or tank container brought into use for the first time on or after 1 June 1992 for the carriage of any dangerous goods, he is in possession of sufficient information in writing concerning—\n(i) its design, construction, examination and maintenance, and\n(ii) any repairs or modifications made to the carrying tank of that road tanker or, as the case may be, to that tank container or to any fittings attached thereto,\nas may reasonably foreseeably be needed to enable him to comply with this Schedule insofar as it imposes requirements or prohibitions on him.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2001/1426",
      "affecting_title": "The Transportable Pressure Vessels Regulations 2001"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1998/2885",
      "affecting_title": "The Carriage of Dangerous Goods (Amendment) Regulations 1998"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2003/1431",
      "affecting_title": "The Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Transportable Pressure Vessels (Amendment) Regulations 2003 (revoked)"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2095/schedule/3/paragraph/1",
    "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."
}