{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-installations-and-wells-design-and-construction-etc-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/regulation-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-installations-and-wells-design-and-construction-etc-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/regulation-16.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1996/228",
  "legislation_title": "Offshore Installations and Wells (Design and Construction, etc.) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-installations-and-wells-design-and-construction-etc-regulations-northern-ireland-1996",
  "path": "regulation/16",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Materials",
  "text": "The well-operator shall ensure that every part of a well is composed of material which is suitable for achieving the purposes described in regulation 13(1).",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 16 in operation at 21.7.1996, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "nisr/1996/228",
      "affecting_title": "Offshore Installations and Wells (Design and Construction, etc.) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/228/regulation/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-14T03:32:24.476906+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."
}