{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/quarries-regulations-1999/regulation-30",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/quarries-regulations-1999/regulation-30.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/2024",
  "legislation_title": "The Quarries Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/quarries-regulations-1999",
  "path": "regulation/30",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "30",
  "heading": "General duty to ensure safety of excavations and tips",
  "text": "The operator shall ensure that excavations and tips are designed, constructed, operated and maintained so as to ensure that—\n(a) instability; or\n(b) movement,\nwhich is likely to give rise to a risk to the health and safety of any person is avoided.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 30 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/30",
    "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."
}