{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-404/annex-XXIX/division-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-404/annex-XXIX/division-4.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2011/404",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 404/2011 of 8 April 2011 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the Common Fisheries Policy",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-404",
  "path": "annex/XXIX/division/4",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "The steps of the boarding ladder shall:",
  "text": "(a) be of hardwood or other material of equivalent properties, made in one piece free of knots; the four lowest steps may be made of rubber of sufficient strength and stiffness, or of other suitable material of equivalent characteristics;\n(b) have an efficient non-slip surface;\n(c) be not less than 480 mm long, 115 mm wide, and 23 mm in thickness, excluding any non-slip device or grooving;\n(d) be equally spaced not less than 300 mm or more than 380 mm apart;\n(e) be secured in such a manner that they will remain horizontal.",
  "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/eur/2011/404/annex/XXIX/division/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:50:11.780687+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."
}