{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/quarries-explosives-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/quarries-explosives-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2006/204",
  "legislation_title": "Quarries (Explosives) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/quarries-explosives-regulations-northern-ireland-2006",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Supervision of shotfiring and trainee shotfirers and records of appointment",
  "text": "(1) The operator shall take all reasonable steps to ensure that—\n(a) a trainee shotfirer at the quarry does not fire shots and is not required to fire shots, except when he is under the close personal supervision of a shotfirer, until the operator is satisfied that he has completed a suitable period of training and has appropriate practical experience; and\n(b) all shotfiring operations are carried out under the close personal supervision of the shotfirer.\n(2) The operator shall ensure that a record of the appointment at the quarry of any shotfirer or trainee shotfirer is kept at a suitable place until three years after that shotfirer’s employment or trainee shotfirer’s employment at the quarry ends.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 5 in operation at 1.8.2006, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/204/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:46:54.179589+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."
}