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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/work-in-compressed-air-regulations-1996/regulation-14",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/1656",
  "legislation_title": "The Work in Compressed Air Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/work-in-compressed-air-regulations-1996",
  "path": "regulation/14",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": "Precautions against fire",
  "text": "(1) The compressed air contractor shall ensure that there is provided in respect of work in compressed air any means for fighting fire required pursuant to regulation 21 of the 1996 Regulations and that any airlock or working chamber is operated and maintained in such a manner as to minimise the risk of fire.\n(2) No person shall smoke or have with him any materials for the purpose of smoking when in compressed air.\n(3) The compressed air contractor shall ensure compliance with paragraph (2).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2015/51",
      "affecting_title": "The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2007/320",
      "affecting_title": "The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1656/regulation/14",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:40:31.142453+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."
}