{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carriage-of-explosives-by-road-regulations-1996/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carriage-of-explosives-by-road-regulations-1996/regulation-6.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/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Meaning of “operator”",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of these Regulations, subject to paragraph (2), the operator of a vehicle or container shall be—\n(a) the person who, having a place of business in Great Britain, has the management thereof for the time being; or\n(b) if no person satisfies the requirements of sub-paragraph (a) above, the driver of the vehicle or, in the case of a container, the driver of the vehicle on which the container is carried.\n(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a person shall not be regarded as being the operator of a vehicle or container solely because—\n(a) he has the management thereof during loading or unloading; or\n(b) the vehicle or container is on premises which are under his control.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2093/regulation/6",
    "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."
}