{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/petroleum-spirit-plastic-containers-regulations-1982/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/petroleum-spirit-plastic-containers-regulations-1982/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1982/630",
  "legislation_title": "The Petroleum-Spirit (Plastic Containers) Regulations 1982",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/petroleum-spirit-plastic-containers-regulations-1982",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Container in which petroleum-spirit is kept to comply with Regulation 3(1)(a) to (d)",
  "text": "(1) A person who keeps petroleum-spirit in a plastic container shall keep it in a plastic container which complies with Regulation 3(1)(a) to (d) of these Regulations.\n(2) In any proceedings for an offence consisting of a contravention of paragraph (1) of this Regulation or of the Petroleum (Consolidation) Act 1928 arising out of the keeping of petroleum-spirit in any plastic container, it shall be a defence for a person to prove that he took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid the commission of the offence.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1982/630/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T18:21:33.112299+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."
}