{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dangerous-substances-and-explosive-atmospheres-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/regulation-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dangerous-substances-and-explosive-atmospheres-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/regulation-1.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2003/152",
  "legislation_title": "Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dangerous-substances-and-explosive-atmospheres-regulations-northern-ireland-2003",
  "path": "regulation/1",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation and commencement",
  "text": "These Regulations may be cited as the Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 and shall come into operation –\n(a) as respects all regulations except for regulations 5(4)(c), 7, 11, 15(2), 16(2) and 17(1) to (3) on 25th April 2003;\n(b) as respects regulations 15(2) and 16(2) on 30th May 2003; and\n(c) as respects regulations 5(4)(c), 7, 11, and 17(1) to (3) on 30th June 2003.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "nisr/2003/152",
      "affecting_title": "Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/152/regulation/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:03:46.931097+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."
}