{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1989-686/annex-II/division-3/division-3.11",
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  "legislation": "eudr/1989/686",
  "legislation_title": "Council Directive of 21 December 1989 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to personal protective equipment (89/686/EEC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1989-686",
  "path": "annex/II/division/3/division/3.11",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "3.11",
  "heading": "Safety devices for diving equipment",
  "text": "1.. Breathing equipment\nThe breathing equipment must make it possible to supply the user with a breathable gaseous mixture, under foreseeable conditions of use and taking account in particular of the maximum depth of immersion.\n2.. Where the foreseeable conditions of use so require, the equipment must comprise:\n(a) a suit which protects the user against the pressure resulting from the depth of immersion (see 3.2) and/or against cold (see 3.7);\n(b) an alarm designed to give the user prompt warning of an approaching failure in the supply of breathable gaseous mixture (see 2.8);\n(c) a life-saving suit enabling the user to return to the surface (see 3.4.1).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1989/686/annex/II/division/3/division/3.11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:23:28.135211+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."
}