{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/measuring-equipment-liquid-fuel-and-lubricants-regulations-1988/regulation-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/measuring-equipment-liquid-fuel-and-lubricants-regulations-1988/regulation-15.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/128",
  "legislation_title": "The Measuring Equipment (Liquid Fuel and Lubricants) Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/measuring-equipment-liquid-fuel-and-lubricants-regulations-1988",
  "path": "regulation/15",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Testing",
  "text": "(1) An inspector may open any locked or sealed tank or container for the purpose of testing any measuring equipment or the return of liquid fuel withdrawn during testing, and any liquid fuel so withdrawn shall, upon the conclusion of the test, be forthwith returned to the tank or container from which it was withdrawn if the inspector is of the opinion that it is practicable and desirable so to do and the proprietor or person in charge of the equipment does not object; otherwise, it shall be placed in another suitable receptacle reasonably convenient for the purpose and nominated and provided by the proprietor or person in charge of the equipment.\n(2) The inspector, if requested, shall give to the proprietor or person in charge of the said equipment a signed and dated statement of the quantity of such liquid fuel withdrawn from the tank or container and returned or placed as aforesaid.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/128/regulation/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:12:40.514252+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."
}