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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-tunnel-safety-regulations-2007/regulation-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-tunnel-safety-regulations-2007/regulation-10.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2007/1520",
  "legislation_title": "The Road Tunnel Safety Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-tunnel-safety-regulations-2007",
  "path": "regulation/10",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Designation of the Safety Officer",
  "text": "(1) The Tunnel Manager shall, in relation to the road tunnel for which it is the Tunnel Manager, and with the prior approval of the administrative authority, designate a Safety Officer for (as appropriate) the design stage, the construction stage, and the operating stage.\n(2) The Safety Officer shall be independent in respect of road tunnel safety issues and shall not be under instructions from his employer in respect of those issues.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 10 in force at 22.6.2007, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/1520/regulation/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:52:05.201550+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."
}