{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-construction-and-use-regulations-1986/schedule-5/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-construction-and-use-regulations-1986/schedule-5/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1986/1078",
  "legislation_title": "The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-construction-and-use-regulations-1986",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Every connection for filling a fixed gas container shall be on the outside of the vehicle.\n(2) There shall be fitted to every fixed gas container either—\n(a) a manually operated shut-off valve and an excess flow valve, or\n(b) a manually operated shut-off valve and a single check valve, or\n(c) a double-check valve.\nand all parts of these valves in contact with gas shall be made entirely of suitable metal except that they may contain non-metal washers and seals provided that such washers and seals are supported and constrained by metal components.\n(3) In every case where a pipe is attached to a gas container for the purpose of filling the gas container there shall be fitted to the end of the pipe furthest from the gas container a check valve or a double-check valve.\n(4) There shall be fitted over every gas filling point on a vehicle a cap which shall—\n(a) prevent any leakage of gas from the gas filling point,\n(b) be secured to the vehicle by a chain or some other suitable means,\n(c) be made of suitable material, and\n(d) be fastened to the gas filling point by either a screw thread or other suitable means.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 3 in force at 11.8.1986, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/1078/schedule/5/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:46:09.046037+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."
}