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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/construction-products-regulations-1991/schedule-2/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1991/1620",
  "legislation_title": "The Construction Products Regulations 1991",
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  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Mechanical resistance and stability",
  "text": "The construction works must be designed and built in such a way that the loadings that are liable to act on it during its constructions and use will not lead to any of the following:\n(a) collapse of the whole or part of the work;\n(b) major deformations to an inadmissible degree;\n(c) damage to other parts of the works or to fittings or installed equipment as a result of major deformation of the load-bearing construction;\n(d) damage by an event to an extent disproportionate to the original cause.",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1620/schedule/2/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:41:18.922296+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."
}