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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-spaceflight-activities-investigation-of-spaceflight-accidents-regulations-2021/regulation-40",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2021/9780348223699",
  "legislation_title": "The Spaceflight Activities (Investigation of Spaceflight Accidents) Regulations 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-spaceflight-activities-investigation-of-spaceflight-accidents-regulations-2021",
  "path": "regulation/40",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "40",
  "heading": "Failure to preserve evidence",
  "text": "(1) Any person who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes any of the prohibitions in regulation 9 contravenes these Regulations.\n(2) Any person involved who fails, without reasonable excuse, to take the necessary steps described in paragraph (4) of regulation 9 contravenes these Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2021/9780348223699/regulation/40",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:47:09.948062+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."
}