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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dockyard-port-of-plymouth-order-2020/schedule-2/paragraph-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dockyard-port-of-plymouth-order-2020/schedule-2/paragraph-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2020/1261",
  "legislation_title": "The Dockyard Port of Plymouth Order 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dockyard-port-of-plymouth-order-2020",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Chain link ferries",
  "text": "(1) A chain link ferry operating between Torpoint and Devonport must keep well clear of any vessel that can only navigate in a narrow channel or fairway.\n(2) Vessels of less than 20 metres in length, sailing vessels and other recreational vessels shall not impede the safe passage of any chain link ferry.\n(3) Chain link ferries must display the following lights—\n(a) when underway, a flashing amber light at the leading end in the direction of progress;\n(b) when underway with emergency services embarked, a flashing blue light below the amber light required by paragraph (a); and\n(c) between sunset and sunrise, or when there is restricted visibility, a light at each corner of the hull showing white ahead and astern and red on the beam.\n(4) The lights specified at subparagraph (3) above must be visible at a range of not less than 2 nautical miles.\n(5) Where visibility is less than 300 metres, any chain link ferry in progress along the ferry track or stopped temporarily on the ferry track must at intervals of not more than 30 seconds ring its bell rapidly for a period of between 4 and 6 seconds.\n(6) In this rule “bell” means the bell a chain link ferry is required to carry by regulation 4 (prevention of collision) of the Collision Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/1261/schedule/2/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:23:09.221965+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."
}