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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carriage-of-explosives-by-road-regulations-1996/schedule-8/paragraph-5",
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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/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The operator shall ensure that any portable fire extinguisher provided in accordance with this Schedule—\n(a) bears a mark of compliance with a standard recognised by a competent authority for that type of extinguisher;\n(b) is fitted with a seal verifying that it has not been used; and\n(c) where it was manufactured after 31st December 1996, bears an inscription indicating the date when it should next be inspected.",
  "extent": 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_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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