{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-carriage-of-explosives-regulations-1989/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-carriage-of-explosives-regulations-1989/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1989/615",
  "legislation_title": "The Road Traffic (Carriage of Explosives) Regulations 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-carriage-of-explosives-regulations-1989",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Carriage of explosives in vehicles used to carry passengers for hire or reward",
  "text": "(1) No person shall carry explosives in a vehicle being used to carry passengers for hire or reward except in accordance with the conditions specified in paragraph (2).\n(2) The said conditions are:–\n(a) the only explosives carried by that person are any of the explosives specified in Parts I or II of Schedule 1, gunpowder or smokeless powder, or any mixture of them;\n(b) the maximum total quantity of explosives carried by that person does not exceed 2 kilograms;\n(c) the explosives are kept with that person and are kept properly packed;\n(d) all reasonable precautions are taken by that person for the prevention of accidents arising from the explosives.\n(3) For the purposes of this regulation, where explosives are being carried by a passenger the driver and operator of the vehicle shall not be treated as carrying them as well.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/615/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:45:51.654697+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."
}