{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/radioactive-material-road-transport-great-britain-regulations-1996/schedule-15/part-II/paragraph-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/radioactive-material-road-transport-great-britain-regulations-1996/schedule-15/part-II/paragraph-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/1350",
  "legislation_title": "The Radioactive Material (Road Transport) (Great Britain) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/radioactive-material-road-transport-great-britain-regulations-1996",
  "path": "schedule/15/part/II/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Percussion test:",
  "text": "The specimen shall be placed on a sheet of lead which is supported by a smooth solid surface and struck by the flat face of a steel billet so as to produce an impact equivalent to that resulting from a free drop of 1.4 kg through 1 metre. The flat face of the billet shall be 25 mm in diameter with the edges rounded off to a radius of (3.0±0.3)mm. The lead, of hardness number 3.5 to 4.5 on the Vickers scale and not more than 25 mm thick, shall cover an area greater than that covered by the specimen. A fresh surface of lead shall be used for each impact. The billet shall strike the specimen so as to cause maximum damage.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1350/schedule/15/part/II/paragraph/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:43:20.628336+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."
}