{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/docks-regulations-1988/regulation-13",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/docks-regulations-1988/regulation-13.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1655",
  "legislation_title": "The Docks Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/docks-regulations-1988",
  "path": "regulation/13",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Use of lifting plant",
  "text": "(1) No lifting plant shall be used unless it is—\n(a) of good design and construction;\n(b) of adequate strength for the purpose for which it is used;\n(c) of sound material and free from patent defect;\n(d) properly installed or assembled; and\n(e) properly maintained.\n(2) No—\n(a) pallet or other similar piece of equipment for supporting loads;\n(b) lifting attachment which forms an integral part of the load;\n(c) one-trip sling; or\n(d) pre-slung cargo sling,\nshall be used unless it is of good construction, of adequate strength for the purpose for which it is used and free from patent defect.\n(3) Lifting plant shall not be used other than in a safe and proper manner.\n(4) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (3), the manner of use shall be deemed not to be safe and proper if, except for the purpose of carrying out a test under regulation 14, the lifting plant is loaded in excess of its safe working load.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1998/2307",
      "affecting_title": "The Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998"
    },
    {
      "type": "excluded",
      "affecting": "uksi/2008/1597",
      "affecting_title": "The Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008"
    },
    {
      "type": "disapplied in part",
      "affecting": "uksi/1992/3073",
      "affecting_title": "The Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 1992"
    },
    {
      "type": "excluded in part",
      "affecting": "uksi/2008/1597",
      "affecting_title": "The Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008"
    },
    {
      "type": "excluded",
      "affecting": "uksi/2008/1597",
      "affecting_title": "The Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1655/regulation/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:57:36.751718+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."
}