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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-protective-equipment-at-work-regulations-northern-ireland-1993/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1993/20",
  "legislation_title": "Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-protective-equipment-at-work-regulations-northern-ireland-1993",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“personal protective equipment” means all equipment (including clothing affording protection against the weather) which is intended to be worn or held by a person at work and which protects him against one or more risks to his health or safety, and any addition or accessory designed to meet that objective;\n“offensive weapon” means any article made or adapted for use for causing injury to the person, or intended by the person having it with him for such use by him.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2024/161",
      "affecting_title": "The Personal Protective Equipment at Work (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1993/20/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:53:21.849670+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."
}