{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carriage-of-explosives-by-road-regulations-1996/regulation-25",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carriage-of-explosives-by-road-regulations-1996/regulation-25.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/2093",
  "legislation_title": "The Carriage of Explosives by Road Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carriage-of-explosives-by-road-regulations-1996",
  "path": "regulation/25",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "25",
  "heading": "Precautions against fire or explosion",
  "text": "(1) No person shall cause or permit anything to be done which is liable to create a significant risk or significantly increase any existing risk of a fire or an explosion whilst explosives are being carried in any vehicle or container.\n(2) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1)—\n(a) the operator of a vehicle which is being used for the carriage of explosives shall ensure that Schedule 8, except paragraph 7, is complied with;\n(b) the driver of such a vehicle shall ensure that paragraphs 3 and 7 of that Schedule are complied with;\n(c) any attendant of such a vehicle shall ensure that paragraph 3 of that Schedule is complied with.\n(3) Paragraphs 1(b), 2 and 3 of Schedule 8 shall not apply where the only explosives being carried are in Division 1.4 and Compatibility Group S.",
  "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"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2093/regulation/25",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:37:09.205420+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."
}