{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/quarries-explosives-regulations-1988/regulation-11",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/quarries-explosives-regulations-1988/regulation-11.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1930",
  "legislation_title": "The Quarries (Explosives) Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/quarries-explosives-regulations-1988",
  "path": "regulation/11",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Prohibited shots",
  "text": "(1) No person shall charge or fire a shot at a quarry—\n(a) between one hour after sunset and one hour before sunrise;\n(b) in a shothole which has previously been fired, unless he is dealing with a misfire in accordance with action taken in pursuance of regulation 10(b); or\n(c) in any tunnel or other excavation (not being merely a shothole) in the face or side of the quarry for the purpose of getting minerals or products of minerals (a “heading blast”), but this sub-paragraph shall not apply to any quarry at which heading blasts were used at any time during the period of 2 years immediately preceding the coming into force of these Regulations.\n(2) No person shall forcibly remove any detonator lead, safety fuse or other system for initiating shots from a shothole after the shothole has been charged and primed.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1930/regulation/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:55:25.047948+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."
}