{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fishing-vessels-life-saving-appliances-regulations-1988/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fishing-vessels-life-saving-appliances-regulations-1988/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/38",
  "legislation_title": "The Fishing Vessels (Life-Saving Appliances) Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fishing-vessels-life-saving-appliances-regulations-1988",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MERCHANT SHIPPING\nSAFETY\nMade 18th January 1988\nLaid before Parliament 25th January 1988\nComing into force in accordance with regulation 1\nThe Secretary of State for Transport, after consulting with the persons referred to in section 22 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1979, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 21(1)(a) and (3) to (6) and section 22(1) and (3) of that Act and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1979 c. 39; section 21(6) was amended by the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48), section 49(3)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/38/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:13:22.239282+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."
}