{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fishing-vessels-life-saving-appliances-regulations-1988/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fishing-vessels-life-saving-appliances-regulations-1988/regulation-2.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/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation, application",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\n“constructed” in respect of a vessel means a stage of construction where—\n(a) the keel is laid; or\n(b) construction identifiable with a specific vessel begins; or\n(c) assembly of that vessel has commenced comprising at least 50 tonnes or 1 per cent of the estimated mass of all structural material, whichever is less;\n“EPIRB” means Emergency Position-Indicating Radio Beacon;\n“expiry date” in relation to any source of energy means the expiry date marked on that source of energy;\n“fishing vessel” means a vessel which is for the time being used for or in connection with sea fishing but does not include a vessel used for fishing other than for profit;\n“float-free arrangement” means an arrangement for the launching of safety equipment whereby the equipment is automatically released from a sinking vessel;\n“length” means the registered length shown on the vessel’s certificate of registry;\n“person” means a person over the age of one year;\n“survival craft” means a craft capable of sustaining the lives of persons in distress from the time of abandoning the ship;\nand “United Kingdom fishing vessel” means a fishing vessel which is a United Kingdom ship.\n(2) A reference in these Regulations to any British Standard or specification shall include a reference to any document amending that publication which is considered by the Secretary of State to be relevant from time to time and is specified in a Merchant Shipping Notice.\n(3) In these Regulations a reference to a numbered schedule is a reference to the schedule of that number of these Regulations.\n(4) These Regulations apply to United Kingdom fishing vessels.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2001/9",
      "affecting_title": "The Fishing Vessels (Code of Practice for the Safety of Small Fishing Vessels) Regulations 2001"
    },
    {
      "type": "added",
      "affecting": "uksi/1998/927",
      "affecting_title": "The Fishing Vessels (Life-Saving Appliances) (Amendment) Regulations 1998"
    },
    {
      "type": "words omitted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1999/3210",
      "affecting_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Radio) (Fishing Vessels) Regulations 1999"
    },
    {
      "type": "revoked",
      "affecting": "uksi/1999/3210",
      "affecting_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Radio) (Fishing Vessels) Regulations 1999"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1999/2998",
      "affecting_title": "The Fishing Vessels (EC Directive on Harmonised Safety Regime) Regulations 1999"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2002/2201",
      "affecting_title": "The Fishing Vessels (Safety of 15–24 Metre Vessels) Regulations 2002"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/38/regulation/2",
    "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."
}