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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-construction-and-use-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2017/note",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2017/140",
  "legislation_title": "The Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-construction-and-use-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2017",
  "path": "note",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend Part I of Schedule 7 to the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 so as to update requirements for fire extinguishers fitted to Minibuses including the requirement that a fire extinguisher has a minimum capacity of two litres.\nThe requirement to remove halon gas from fire extinguishers is contained within Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 June 2000 and Regulation (EC) No. 1005/2009 (OJ L 244, 29.9.2000, p.1-24) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009 (OJ L 286, 31.10.2009, p.1-30).\nThese Regulations have been notified to the European Commission pursuant to European Parliament and Council Directive 98/34/EC\nAn Explanatory Memorandum has been produced and is available from the Safe and Sustainable Travel Division, Department for Infrastructure, Clarence Court, 10-18 Adelaide Street, Town Parks, Belfast BT2 8GB or online at http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2017/140/note",
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  "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."
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