{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-construction-and-use-regulations-1986/schedule-5A/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-construction-and-use-regulations-1986/schedule-5A/paragraph-2.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/5A/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Fuelling receptacle",
  "text": "(1) A fuelling receptacle must be fitted to a hydrogen-fuelled vehicle.\n(2) A fuelling receptacle fitted to a hydrogen-fuelled vehicle must—\n(a) prevent reverse flow of gaseous hydrogen fuel to the atmosphere;\n(b) have a label affixed close to the fuelling receptacle that shows—\n(i) the fuel type,\n(ii) the maximum fuelling pressure,\n(iii) the nominal working pressure, and\n(iv) the date of removal from service of each container;\n(c) be mounted on the hydrogen-fuelled vehicle to ensure positive locking of the fuel nozzle;\n(d) be protected from tampering and ingress of dirt and water.\n(3) A fuelling receptacle fitted to a hydrogen-fuelled vehicle must not—\n(a) be mounted within the external energy absorbing elements of the hydrogen-fuelled vehicle;\n(b) be installed so that access for refilling is in the passenger compartment or an unventilated compartment.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 5A inserted (29.4.2025) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/454), regs. 1(1), 2(4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/1078/schedule/5A/paragraph/2",
    "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."
}