{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/construction-design-and-management-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/regulation-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/construction-design-and-management-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/regulation-18.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2016/146",
  "legislation_title": "The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/construction-design-and-management-regulations-northern-ireland-2016",
  "path": "regulation/18",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Good order and site security",
  "text": "(1) Each part of a construction site shall, so far as is reasonably practicable, be kept in good order and those parts in which construction work is being carried out shall be kept in a reasonable state of cleanliness.\n(2) Where necessary in the interests of health and safety, a construction site shall, so far as is reasonably practicable, and in accordance with the level of risk posed, comply with either or both of the following—\n(a) have its perimeter identified by suitable signs and be arranged so that its extent is readily identifiable; or\n(b) be fenced off.\n(3) No timber or other material with projecting nails (or similar sharp object) shall—\n(a) be used in any construction work; or\n(b) be allowed to remain in any place,\nif the nails (or similar sharp object) may be a source of danger to any person.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/146/regulation/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:57:19.957693+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."
}