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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-carriage-of-solid-fuel-by-rail-order-1987/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1987/216",
  "legislation_title": "The Weights and Measures (Carriage of Solid Fuel by Rail) Order 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-carriage-of-solid-fuel-by-rail-order-1987",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order.)\nThis Order amends the provisions of Part IV of Schedule 5 to the Weights and Measures Act 1985 relating to the carriage of solid fuel by rail. It enables a system of electronic data transfer to be used as an alternative to the present requirements for coal trains to be accompanied by either individual wagon documents or a train bill (paragraphs 23 and 24 of the said Schedule). As a condition of using such a system, the information so transmitted must be capable of being reproduced in a permanent legible form. 45p net",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/216/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:32:39.722256+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."
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