{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/oil-heaters-safety-regulations-1977/regulation-23",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/oil-heaters-safety-regulations-1977/regulation-23.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/23",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Fire risk to walls and floors",
  "text": "An oil heater shall be so constructed that, if it is tested in accordance with the test specified in Appendix G to the British Standard Specification of 1974, no part of the floor or of the walls mentioned in paragraph 2 of that Appendix will during the test exceed in temperature 65°C in the case of a heater which radiates heat principally in one direction and 100°C in the case of any other heater.",
  "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/23",
    "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."
}