{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-service-vehicles-lost-property-regulations-1978/regulation-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-service-vehicles-lost-property-regulations-1978/regulation-12.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1978/1684",
  "legislation_title": "The Public Service Vehicles (Lost Property) Regulations 1978",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-service-vehicles-lost-property-regulations-1978",
  "path": "regulation/12",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Examination of property",
  "text": "Where any property is contained in a package, bag or other receptacle the operator or his representative may cause such receptacle to be opened and the contents examined, or require any claimant to open it and submit it and its contents for examination, if the operator or his representative deems it necessary for the purpose—\n(a) of identifying and tracing the owner of the property, or\n(b) of ascertaining the nature of the contents or valuing the property.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1978/1684/regulation/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T19:26:23.868052+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."
}