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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/provision-and-use-of-work-equipment-regulations-northern-ireland-1993/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1993/19",
  "legislation_title": "Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/provision-and-use-of-work-equipment-regulations-northern-ireland-1993",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“use” in relation to work equipment means any activity involving work equipment and includes starting, stopping, programming, setting, transporting, repairing, modifying, maintaining, servicing and cleaning, and related expressions shall be construed accordingly;\n“work equipment” means any machinery, appliance, apparatus or tool and any assembly of components which, in order to achieve a common end, are arranged and controlled so that they function as a whole.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1993/19/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:53:22.603781+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."
}