{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/quarries-regulations-1999/regulation-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/quarries-regulations-1999/regulation-20.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/2024",
  "legislation_title": "The Quarries Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/quarries-regulations-1999",
  "path": "regulation/20",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Fire and explosion hazards",
  "text": "(1) The operator shall ensure that no person at work at the quarry uses a naked flame or carries out any work which could give rise to a risk of an unintended explosion or fire unless sufficient measures to prevent such an explosion or fire are taken.\n(2) No person shall smoke in any part of a quarry where there is a risk of fire or explosion.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 20 in force at 1.1.2000, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/2024/regulation/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:15:31.809270+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."
}