{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pipelines-safety-regulations-northern-ireland-1997/regulation-24",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pipelines-safety-regulations-northern-ireland-1997/regulation-24.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1997/193",
  "legislation_title": "Pipelines Safety Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pipelines-safety-regulations-northern-ireland-1997",
  "path": "regulation/24",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "24",
  "heading": "Emergency procedures",
  "text": "(1) The operator shall ensure that a fluid is not conveyed in a major accident hazard pipeline unless—\n(a) such appropriate organisation and arrangements as shall have effect; and\n(b) the procedures which shall be followed in different circumstances,\nin the event of an emergency relating to the pipeline have been established and recorded.\n(2) The operator shall revise or replace the record of the organisation, arrangements and procedures referred to in paragraph (1) as often as may be appropriate.\n(3) The operator shall ensure that the organisation, arrangements and procedures referred to in paragraph (1) are tested, by practice or otherwise, as often as may be appropriate.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 24 in operation at 12.5.1997, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "nisr/1997/193",
      "affecting_title": "Pipelines Safety Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/193/regulation/24",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:29:13.631400+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."
}