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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/docks-shipbuilding-etc-metrication-regulations-1983/schedule",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/docks-shipbuilding-etc-metrication-regulations-1983/schedule.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1983/644",
  "legislation_title": "The Docks, Shipbuilding etc. (Metrication) Regulations 1983",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/docks-shipbuilding-etc-metrication-regulations-1983",
  "path": "schedule",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "THE",
  "heading": "AMENDMENTS TO PROVISIONS",
  "text": "1\n2\n3\n4\nProvision to be amended\nSubject-matter of measurement or expression\nPresent measurement or expression\nMeasurement or expression to be substituted\nThe Docks Regulations 1925 Regulation 19(b)(i)\nChains etc. to be annealed\nhalf inch\n13 millimetres\nThe Docks Regulations 1934 Definitions\nLength of lock\nninety feet\n27.5 metres\nDistance from edge of canal\nfifteen feet\n5.0 metres\nDepth of water\nfive feet\n1.5 metres\nRegulation 1\nHeight of fencing\ntwo feet six inches\n760 millimetres\nDistance from side of entrance\nfive yards\n5.0 metres\nRegulation 9\nWidth of ladder or gangway\ntwenty-two inches\n560 millimetres\nHeight of fencing\ntwo feet nine inches\n840 millimetres\nRegulation 11(1)\nDepth of hold\nfive feet\n1.5 metres\nRegulation 11(2)(b)\nDepth of foothold including any space behind the ladder\n4 ½ inches\n115 millimetres\nWidth of foothold\n10 inches\n250 millimetres\nRegulation 11(2)(c)\nDepth of foothold including any space behind the cleats or cups\n4 ½ inches\n115 millimetres\nWidth of foothold\n10 inches\n250 millimetres\nRegulation 11(2)(d)\nDepth of foothold including any space behind the ladder\n4½ inches\n115 millimetres\nWidth of foothold\n10 inches\n250 millimetres\nRegulation 17\nWidth of working space around hatch\ntwo feet\n600 millimetres\nRegulation 19(b)(i)\nChains etc. to be annealed\nhalf inch\n13 millimetres\nRegulation 28(c)\nHeight of ladder\nthirty feet\n10 metres\nRegulation 35(b)\nWidth of space along edge of wharf\nthree feet\n920 millimetres\nRegulation 37(a)\nDepth of hold\nfive feet\n1.5 metres\nHeight of coamings\ntwo feet six inches\n760 millimetres\nHeight of fencing\nthree feet\n920 millimetres\nRegulation 40\nDistance from deck\ntwo feet\n600 millimetres\nSchedule\nParagraph (a)\nSafe working load\nup to 20 tons\nup to 20 tonnes\nSafe working load\n20–50 tons\n20–50 tonnes\nProof load\n5 tons in excess\n5 tonnes in excess\nSafe working load\nover 50 tons\nover 50 tonnes\nParagraph (b)\nSafe working load\nup to 20 tons\nup to 20 tonnes\nSafe working load\n20–50 tons\n20–50 tonnes\nProof load\n5 tons in excess\n5 tonnes in excess\nSafe working load\nover 50 tons\nover 50 tonnes\nParagraph (c)\nSafe working load\nup to and including 20 tons\nup to and including 20 tonnes\nSafe working load\nover 20 tons up to and including 40 tons\nover 20 tonnes up to and including 40 tonnes\nProof load\n20 tons in excess\n20 tonnes in excess\nSafe working load\nover 40 tons\nover 40 tonnes\nThe Shipbuilding and Ship-repairing Regulations 1960\nRegulation 2(2)(a)\nLength of ship\none hundred feet\n30 metres\nDepth of ship\nnine feet six inches\n2.9 metres\nRegulation 2(2)(b)\nLength of ship\none hundred feet\n30 metres\nDepth of ship\nnine feet six inches\n2.9 metres\nRegulation 2(2)(c)\nLength of ship\none hundred feet\n30 metres\nDepth of ship\nnine feet six inches\n2.9 metres\nRegulation 3(2)\nFlash point of oil\ntwo hundred and seventy degrees Fahrenheit\n132 degrees Celsius\nRegulation 7(b)\nHeight of hand-rails\ntwo feet nine inches\n840 millimetres\nHeight of toe-board above floor\nsix inches\n150 millimetres\nRegulation 8(1)\nHeight of fencing\ntwo feet nine inches\n840 millimetres\nRegulation 9(1)(a)\nWidth of ladder or gangway\ntwenty-two inches\n560 millimetres\nHeight of fencing\ntwo feet nine inches\n840 millimetres\nRegulation 10(2)(a)\nPosition of top step of ladder\ntwelve inches\n300 millimetres\nRegulation 13(3)\nWidth of footway\nseventeen inches\n430 millimetres\nRegulation 14(1)(d)\nPosition of top of ladder\ntwo feet six inches\n760 millimetres\nRegulation 17(2)\nExtension of planks forming stages\neighteen inches\n460 millimetres\nRegulation 24(heading)\nHeight of stages\nsix feet six inches\n2 metres\nRegulation 24(1)\nHeight of stages\nsix feet six inches\n2 metres\nRegulation 24(2)(c)\nWidth of stages\nseventeen inches\n430 millimetres\nRegulation 24(3)(a)\nHeight of guard rail\nthree feet\n920 millimetres\nRegulation 24(7)\nWidth of stages\ntwenty five inches\n640 millimetres\nRegulation 25(1)\nHeight of fencing\nthree feet\n920 millimetres\nHeight of fencing\ntwo feet six inches\n760 millimetres\nRegulation 26(1)\nHeight of coaming\ntwo feet six inches\n760 millimetres\nHeight of fencing\nthree feet\n920 millimetres\nRegulation 36(3)\nSize of chains etc.\nhalf inch\n13 millimetres\nRegulation 47\nWeight of load\n20 tons\n20 tonnes\nRegulation 55(1)\nDistance from source of heat\nfifteen feet\n5 metres\nRegulation 59(1)(b)(i)\nFlash point of oil\nseventy-three degrees Fahrenheit\n23 degrees Celsius\nRegulation 60(2)\nFlash point of oil\nseventy-three degrees Fahrenheit\n23 degrees Celsius\nRegulation 66(1)\nFlash point of oil\none hundred and fifty degrees Fahrenheit\n66 degrees Celsius\nRegulation 69(5)\nFlash point of paraffin\none hundred degrees Fahrenheit\n38 degrees Celsius\nRegulation 80(1)\nHeight of stages\nsix feet six inches\n2 metres\nSecond Schedule\nParagraph (a)\nSafe working load\nunder 20 tons\nunder 20 tonnes\nSafe working load\n20–50 tons\n20–50 tonnes\nProof load\n5 tons in excess\n5 tonnes in excess\nSafe working load\nover 50 tons\nover 50 tonnes\nParagraph (b)\nSafe working load\nunder 20 tons\nunder 20 tonnes\nSafe working load\n20–50 tons\n20–50 tonnes\nProof load\n5 tons in excess\n5 tonnes in excess\nSafe working load\nover 50 tons\nover 50 tonnes\nParagraph (c)\nSafe working load\nunder 50 tons\nunder 50 tonnes\nSafe working load\n50–100 tons\n50–100 tonnes\nProof load\nplus 50 tons\nplus 50 tonnes\nSafe working load\nover 100 tons\nover 100 tonnes\nSafe working load\nup to and including 20 tons\nup to and including 20 tonnes\nSafe working load\nover 20 tons up to and including 40 tons\nover 20 tonnes up to and including 40 tonnes\nProof load\n20 tons in excess\n20 tonnes in excess\nSafe working load\nover 40 tons\nover 40 tonnes\nThe Shipbuilding (Lifting Appliances etc. Forms) Order 1961 Schedule, Part III Paragraph (2)(a)\nSize of rope\ninches\nmillimetres\nParagraph (3)\nTensile strength of wire\ntons* per square inch\nNewtons per square millimetre\nParagraph (4)(c)\nSafe working load\nSafe working load*\nSafe working load\nFootnote\nDefinition of ton\n1 ton=2,240 lbs\nnone\nThe Docks Certificates (No. 2) Order 1964\nSchedule\nParagraph (1) Column (g)\nProof load applied\ntons\ntonnes\nColumn (h)\nSafe working load\ntons\ntonnes",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words revoked",
      "affecting": "uksi/1992/195",
      "affecting_title": "The Lifting Plant and Equipment (Records of Test and Examination etc.) Regulations 1992"
    },
    {
      "type": "words revoked",
      "affecting": "uksi/2005/735",
      "affecting_title": "The Work at Height Regulations 2005"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1983/644/schedule",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T18:02:54.420312+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."
}