{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/oil-heaters-safety-regulations-1977/regulation-14",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/oil-heaters-safety-regulations-1977/regulation-14.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1977/167",
  "legislation_title": "The Oil Heaters (Safety) Regulations 1977",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/oil-heaters-safety-regulations-1977",
  "path": "regulation/14",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": "Pressure heaters",
  "text": "(1) The fuel container of a pressure heater shall be so constructed that standing on a floor with any safety valve removed and with all its outlets (including any safety valve) sealed, it will withstand whichever is the greater of the three pressures specified in Part I of Schedule 1 to these Regulations.\n(2) The burner of a pressure heater shall be so constructed that with all its outlets (including any safety valve) sealed, it will withstand whichever is the greater of the three pressures specified in Part II of Schedule 1 to these Regulations.\n(3) Any metal-to-metal joint in any part of the burner of a pressure heater shall be soundly welded or brazed with high melting-point brazing metal and all such parts shall be so constructed that they may be readily fitted together in their correct positions.\n(4) Any nipple of a pressure heater shall be readily accessible for pricking.\n(5) There shall be fitted to the fuel container of a pressure heater a valve, which shall be readily and safely operable, for releasing quickly the pressure in the fuel container.\n(6) A pressure heater shall be so constructed that when the heater is standing on a floor its fuel container cannot be filled beyond ninety-four per cent. of its capacity, measured to the base of the burner stem.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1977/167/regulation/14",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:10:02.283531+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."
}