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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dangerous-goods-in-harbour-areas-regulations-2016/regulation-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2016/721",
  "legislation_title": "The Dangerous Goods in Harbour Areas Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dangerous-goods-in-harbour-areas-regulations-2016",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Meaning of “operator”",
  "text": "“Operator” means—\n(a) in relation to a road vehicle, a person who holds, or is required to hold by law, a licence for the use of that vehicle for the carriage of goods on a road; or, where no such licence is required, the keeper of the vehicle;\n(b) in relation to any other mode of transport or a berth, the person who has operational control of it for the time being.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 4 in force at 1.10.2016, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/721/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:22:05.493607+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."
}