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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fluorinated-greenhouse-gases-regulations-2008/regulation-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fluorinated-greenhouse-gases-regulations-2008/regulation-9.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/41",
  "legislation_title": "The Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fluorinated-greenhouse-gases-regulations-2008",
  "path": "regulation/9",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Instruction manuals",
  "text": "(1) A person commits an offence if he places on the market a product or equipment referred to in paragraph (2) containing fluorinated greenhouse gas unless the instruction manual provided with the product or equipment contains—\n(a) a statement that the product or equipment contains such gas;\n(b) information about the fluorinated greenhouse gas in the product or equipment, including—\n(i) the chemical name and quantity of the gas; and\n(ii) its global warming potential; and\n(c) a statement whether or not the product or equipment is hermetically sealed.\n(2) The product or equipment referred to in paragraph (1) is—\n(a) a refrigeration product or equipment which contains—\n(i) perfluorocarbons, or\n(ii) preparations containing perfluorocarbons;\n(b) a refrigeration or air conditioning product or equipment, except where such product or equipment is in a motor vehicle, which contains—\n(i) hydrofluorocarbons, or\n(ii) preparations containing hydrofluorocarbons;\n(c) a heat pump, fire protection system or fire extinguisher which contains—\n(i) hydrofluorocarbons, or\n(ii) preparations containing hydrofluorocarbons;\n(d) switchgear which contains sulphur hexafluoride or preparations containing sulphur hexafluoride; or\n(e) a fluorinated greenhouse gas container.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/41/regulation/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:38:01.451639+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."
}