{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/genetically-modified-organisms-contained-use-regulations-2014/regulation-22",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/genetically-modified-organisms-contained-use-regulations-2014/regulation-22.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2014/1663",
  "legislation_title": "The Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/genetically-modified-organisms-contained-use-regulations-2014",
  "path": "regulation/22",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "22",
  "heading": "Information relating to accidents",
  "text": "If an accident occurs, a person responsible for the contained use must immediately inform the competent authority of the accident and must provide the following information—\n(a) the circumstances of the accident;\n(b) the identity and quantity of the genetically modified organisms concerned;\n(c) any information necessary to assess the effects of the accident on the health of the general population and, in the case of a genetically modified micro-organism, on the environment; and\n(d) any measures taken in response to the accident.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/1663/regulation/22",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:11:52.096455+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."
}