{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-construction-and-use-regulations-northern-ireland-1999/schedule-4/part-I/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-construction-and-use-regulations-northern-ireland-1999/schedule-4/part-I/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1999/454",
  "legislation_title": "Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-construction-and-use-regulations-northern-ireland-1999",
  "path": "schedule/4/part/I/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Definitions relating to gas containers",
  "text": "In this Schedule, the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them respectively, that is to say—\n“gas container” means a container fitted to a motor vehicle or a trailer and intended for the storage of gaseous fuel for the purpose of the propulsion of the vehicle or the drawing vehicle, as the case may be;\n“gas cylinder” means a container fitted to a motor vehicle or a trailer and intended for the storage of compressed gas for the purpose of the propulsion of the vehicle or the drawing vehicle, as the case may be;\n“compressed gas” means gaseous fuel under a pressure exceeding 1.0325 bar above atmospheric pressure;\n“pipe line” means all pipes connecting a gas container—\n(a) to the engine, or to the mixing device for the supply of a mixture of gas and air to the engine; and\n(b) to the filling point on the vehicle;\n“pressure pipe line” means any part of a pipe line intended for the conveyance of compressed gas; and\n“reducing valve” means an apparatus which automatically reduces the pressure of the gas passing through it.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1999/454/schedule/4/part/I/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:17:32.000361+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."
}