{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-safety-licensing-appeals-hearings-procedure-rules-1974/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1974/2040",
  "legislation_title": "The Health and Safety Licensing Appeals (Hearings Procedure) Rules 1974",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-safety-licensing-appeals-hearings-procedure-rules-1974",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Rules—\n“the 1974 Act” meansthe Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974;\n“appeal” meansan appeal under section 44(1) of the 1974 Act;\n“appellant” meansa person who has brought an appeal;\n“appointed person” meansthe person appointed by the Secretary of State to hold the hearing and, when so directed by the Secretary of State, to determine the appeal;\n“hearing” meansa hearing to which these Rules apply;\n“licensing authority” meansthe authority against whose decision the appeal is brought;\n“the parties” meansthe appellant and the licensing authority;\n“the site” meansthe site to which the licence which is the subject of the appeal relates or would, if issued, relate.\n(2) The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply to the interpretation of these Rules as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "applied (with modifications)",
      "affecting": "uksi/2014/1637",
      "affecting_title": "The Petroleum (Consolidation) Regulations 2014"
    },
    {
      "type": "applied (with modifications)",
      "affecting": "uksi/2014/1637",
      "affecting_title": "The Petroleum (Consolidation) Regulations 2014"
    }
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1974/2040/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:20:14.064994+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."
}