{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pressure-systems-safety-regulations-northern-ireland-2004/regulation-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pressure-systems-safety-regulations-northern-ireland-2004/regulation-15.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2004/222",
  "legislation_title": "Pressure Systems Safety Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pressure-systems-safety-regulations-northern-ireland-2004",
  "path": "regulation/15",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Precautions to prevent pressurisation of certain vessels",
  "text": "(1) Paragraph (2) shall apply to a vessel –\n(a) which is constructed with a permanent outlet to the atmosphere or to a space where the pressure does not exceed atmospheric pressure; and\n(b) which could become a pressure vessel if that outlet were obstructed.\n(2) The user of a vessel to which this paragraph applies shall ensure that the outlet referred to in sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (1) is at all times kept open and free from obstruction when the vessel is in use.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 15 in operation at 21.6.2004, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2004/222/regulation/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:57:36.073608+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."
}