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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/explosives-regulations-2014/schedule-17/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/explosives-regulations-2014/schedule-17/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2014/1638",
  "legislation_title": "The Explosives Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/explosives-regulations-2014",
  "path": "schedule/17/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Type examination (Module B) is a conformity assessment procedure in which an approved body examines the technical design of an explosive and verifies and attests that the technical design of the explosive meets the requirements of these Regulations that apply to it.\n(2) Type examination must be carried out as an assessment of the adequacy of the technical design of the explosive through—\n(a) examination of the technical documentation and supporting evidence referred to in paragraph 2; and\n(b) examination of a specimen of the production envisaged which is representative of the complete product (combination of production type and design type).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Schs. 17, 18 inserted (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 16 para. 35 (with Sch. 16 para. 29) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
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  "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."
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