{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-authorisation-of-special-types-general-order-2003/schedule-12/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-authorisation-of-special-types-general-order-2003/schedule-12/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2003/1998",
  "legislation_title": "The Road Vehicles (Authorisation of Special Types) (General) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-authorisation-of-special-types-general-order-2003",
  "path": "schedule/12/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In this Schedule—\n“an accredited testing laboratory” means a testing laboratory which has been accredited by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service or by an equivalent body in another EEA State under European Standard EN 45001 : 1989 for general criteria for the operation of testing laboratories (British Standard BS 7501 : 1989);\n“articulating connector” means a connector bridging the space between two separate and rigid vehicle structures;\n“bar” means bar gauge;\n“BS 5430 : Part I : 1990” means—\n(a) Part I of the British Standard for the periodic inspection, testing and maintenance of transportable gas containers (excluding dissolved acetylene gas containers), published by the British Standards Institution under the reference BS 5430 : Part I : 1990; or\n(b) any equivalent standard published by a recognised testing body in another EEA State;\nand, in a case falling within paragraph (b), a reference in this Schedule to any particular provision of the British Standard is to be taken as a reference to the equivalent provision of any such EEA equivalent standard;\n“compressed natural gas” means natural gas stored at a pressure above 30 bar;\n“design pressure” means the pressure that a part of a gas propulsion system has been designed to withstand;\n“gas container” means a container for gas falling within paragraph 2(1);\n“g” means gravity;\n“high pressure” means a pressure exceeding 7 bar;\n“large bus” means a vehicle constructed or adapted to carry more than 16 seated passengers in addition to the driver;\n“low pressure” means a pressure not exceeding 75 millibars;\n“medium pressure” means a pressure not exceeding 7 bar but exceeding 75 millibars; “millibars” means millibars gauge;\n“mm” means millimetres;\n“mm2” means square millimetres;\n“N” means newtons;\n“°C” means degrees Celsius;\n“pipeline” means any pipe or passage connecting any two parts of a gas propulsion system;\n“pressure relief device” means a device to protect a gas container against over-pressure; and\n“regulator” means a device that automatically reduces and controls the pressure of the gas flowing through it.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 12 para. 1 in force at 25.8.2003, see art. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1998/schedule/12/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T08:03:48.437327+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."
}