{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-construction-and-use-regulations-northern-ireland-1999/schedule-5/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-construction-and-use-regulations-northern-ireland-1999/schedule-5/paragraph-3.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/5/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Filling systems for fixed gas containers",
  "text": "(1) A connection for filling a fixed gas container shall be on the outside of the vehicle.\n(2) There shall be fitted to a fixed gas container either—\n(a) a manually operated shut-off valve and an excess flow valve, or\n(b) a manually operated shut-off valve and a single check valve, or\n(c) a double-check valve,\nand all parts of those valves in contact with gas shall be made entirely of suitable metal except that they may contain non-metal washers and seals provided that such washers and seals are supported and constrained by metal components.\n(3) Where a pipe is attached to a gas container for the purpose of filling the gas container there shall be fitted to the end of the pipe furthest from the gas container a check valve or a double-check valve.\n(4) There shall be fitted over a gas filling point on a vehicle a cap which shall—\n(a) prevent leakage of gas from the gas filling point,\n(b) be secured to the vehicle by a chain or some other suitable means,\n(c) be made of suitable material, and\n(d) be fastened to the gas filling point by either a screw thread or other suitable means.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2004/44",
      "affecting_title": "Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted for Sch. 5 para. 4(4)",
      "affecting": "nisr/2004/44",
      "affecting_title": "Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2004/44",
      "affecting_title": "Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1999/454/schedule/5/paragraph/3",
    "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."
}