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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-major-accident-hazards-regulations-1999/regulation-15",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/743",
  "legislation_title": "The Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-major-accident-hazards-regulations-1999",
  "path": "regulation/15",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Provision of information to competent authority",
  "text": "(1) Every operator of an establishment shall, when requested to do so by the competent authority provide sufficient information to the authority to demonstrate that he has taken all measures necessary to comply with these Regulations, and the information shall be so provided within such period as the competent authority specifies in the request.\n(2) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1), the operator shall when requested to do so by the competent authority, provide the authority with any information necessary to enable the authority—\n(a) fully to assess the possibility of a major accident and to determine the scope of possible increased probability or aggravation of a major accident;\n(b) to take substances into account which, due to their physical form, particular conditions or location, may require additional consideration; or\n(c) to perform its functions of obtaining or collecting information under regulation 19(4);\nand the information shall be so provided within such period as the competent authority specifies in the request.\n(3) Where a major accident has occurred at an establishment the operator shall forthwith inform the competent authority of that accident.\n(4) Where the operator has notified a major accident to the Executive in accordance with the requirements of the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995, he shall be deemed to have complied with the requirement to inform the competent authority of that accident under paragraph (3).\n(5) Anything required to be sent by an operator of an establishment to the competent authority pursuant to these Regulations shall be sent to the authority at an office of the Executive.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1995/3163."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2013/1471",
      "affecting_title": "The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2014/469",
      "affecting_title": "The Energy Act 2013 (Office for Nuclear Regulation) (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2014"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2014/469",
      "affecting_title": "The Energy Act 2013 (Office for Nuclear Regulation) (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2014"
    }
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/743/regulation/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:55:56.898069+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."
}