{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fishing-vessels-life-saving-appliances-regulations-1988/regulation-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fishing-vessels-life-saving-appliances-regulations-1988/regulation-1.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": "regulation/1",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation and commencement",
  "text": "(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Fishing Vessels (Life-Saving Appliances) Regulations 1988.\n(2) These Regulations shall come into force as follows—\n(a) Regulations 1, 2, 4, 6, 7 and 8 on 15th February 1988;\n(b) Regulations 3 and 5 as follows—\n(i) On 15th April 1988 for—\nall vessels of 21 metres in length and over whenever constructed; and\nvessels of 12 metres in length and over but less than 21 metres in length if constructed on or after 15th April 1988;\n(ii) on 15th July 1988 for vessels of 18 metres in length and over but less than 21 metres in length constructed before 15th April 1988;\n(iii) on 15th October 1988 for vessels of 15 metres in length and over but less than 18 metres in length constructed before 15th April 1988;\n(iv) on 15th January 1989 for vessels of 12 metres in length and over but less than 15 metres in length constructed before 15th April 1988.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/38/regulation/1",
    "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."
}