{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/methylated-spirits-regulations-1987/regulation-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/methylated-spirits-regulations-1987/regulation-17.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/2009",
  "legislation_title": "The Methylated Spirits Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/methylated-spirits-regulations-1987",
  "path": "regulation/17",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Vats etc.",
  "text": "(1) A methylator shall not use any vat, tank or other receptacle which has not been approved under regulation 3 above.\n(2) A methylator shall not mix spirits and denaturants except at premises approved under regulation 3 above for that purpose.\n(3) Save as the proper officer may otherwise allow, a methylator shall not place any spirits in a vat or tank which already contains any other liquid unless that other liquid is an approved denaturant.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/2009/regulation/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:17:19.083813+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."
}