{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/work-in-compressed-air-regulations-1996/regulation-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/work-in-compressed-air-regulations-1996/regulation-18.json",
  "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/18",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Welfare",
  "text": "The compressed air contractor shall ensure that there are provided and maintained for the use of any person engaged in work in compressed air—\n(a) such facilities as are required by regulation 22 of the 1996 Regulations;\n(b) suitable drinks for consumption during or after decompression;\n(c) suitable food and drinks for consumption by any person receiving therapeutic recompression or decompression; and\n(d) adequate and suitable facilities for remaining on the site after decompression.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "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/18",
    "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."
}