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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/freight-containers-safety-convention-regulations-2017/schedule/paragraph-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2017/325",
  "legislation_title": "The Freight Containers (Safety Convention) Regulations 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/freight-containers-safety-convention-regulations-2017",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Schedule—\n“g” means the standard acceleration of gravity; g equals 9.8 m/s2;\n“load”, when used to describe a physical quantity to which units may be ascribed, signifies “mass”;\n“Maximum permissible payload” means the difference between maximum operating gross mass or Rating and the mass of the empty container including permanently affixed ancillary equipment;\n“P” means maximum permissible payload; and\n“R” means “Rating” which has the same meaning as maximum operating gross mass.",
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  "version": "current",
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/325/schedule/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:13:33.083219+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."
}