{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bunk-beds-entrapment-hazards-safety-regulations-1987/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bunk-beds-entrapment-hazards-safety-regulations-1987/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/1337",
  "legislation_title": "The Bunk Beds (Entrapment Hazards) (Safety) Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bunk-beds-entrapment-hazards-safety-regulations-1987",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In these Regulations —\n“bunk bed” means any bed having a sleeping surface which, or any part (including the under-surface) of which, would be 800 millimetres or more vertically above any horizontal surface on which the bed were placed in such a position as would be usual for the purpose of enabling a person to sleep on the bed, and references to “height” in relation to a bunk bed or any part of one shall be construed accordingly;\n“mattress” does not include any spring or wire frame intended to support a mattress;\n“permissible gap” means —\n(a) in relation to a gap in the sleeping surface of a bunk bed, a gap of not more than 75 millimetres;\n(b) in relation to any other gap in the structure of a bunk bed, a gap of not less than 60 millimetres nor more than 75 millimetres,\nwhere the gap is measured by the method prescribed by the Schedule to these Regulations;\n“sleeping surface”, in relation to a bunk bed, means the surface, excluding any mattress or upholstery, intended to support a sleeping person.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/1337/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:22:48.508493+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."
}