{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/oil-heaters-safety-regulations-1977/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/oil-heaters-safety-regulations-1977/regulation-8.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/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Fuel system",
  "text": "Where the burner is not mounted immediately on top of the fuel container, any join in the fuel system of an oil heater which may in normal use be exposed at the same time to both fuel and air shall be fuel tight and shall be appropriate to the conditions under which the joint will operate in normal use.",
  "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/8",
    "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."
}