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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carriage-of-explosives-by-road-regulations-1996/schedule-8/paragraph-2",
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  "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": "schedule/8/paragraph/2",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The fire extinguisher referred to in paragraph 1(a) need not be suitable for fighting a fire in the engine if the vehicle is equipped with a fixed fire extinguisher, suitable for fighting a fire in the engine, which either works automatically or is easily brought into action.\n(2) Where the vehicle is a motor vehicle with a permissible maximum weight of less than 3.5 tonnes, the fire extinguisher referred to in paragraph 1(b) may be replaced by a fire extinguisher with a minimum capacity of 2 kilograms of dry powder or other suitable extinguishant with an equivalent test fire rating of at least 5A and 34B as defined in British Standard BSEN 3-1: 1996.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
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      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1999/303",
      "affecting_title": "The Carriage of Dangerous Goods (Amendment) Regulations 1999"
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      "affecting": "uksi/1999/303",
      "affecting_title": "The Carriage of Dangerous Goods (Amendment) Regulations 1999"
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      "affecting_title": "The Carriage of Dangerous Goods (Amendment) Regulations 1999"
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  "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."
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