{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fishing-vessels-life-saving-appliances-regulations-1988/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fishing-vessels-life-saving-appliances-regulations-1988/regulation-4.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/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Lifejackets and lifejacket lights",
  "text": "(1) A fishing vessel of less than 12 metres in length shall carry lifejackets suitable for each person weighing 32 kg or more on board, and lifejackets suitable for each person weighing less than 32 kg on board and there shall be carried in addition—\n(a) if lifejackets of different sizes are required to be carried, at least one extra lifejacket of each size;\n(b) otherwise, one extra lifejacket if there are 10 or fewer persons and two extra lifejackets if there are 11 or more.\n(2) All lifejackets carried shall comply either with Part I or Part II of Schedule 1.\n(3) Each lifejacket required by paragraph (1) above to be carried shall be fitted with a lifejacket light complying with Schedule 2.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "omitted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2001/9",
      "affecting_title": "The Fishing Vessels (Code of Practice for the Safety of Small Fishing Vessels) Regulations 2001"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/38/regulation/4",
    "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."
}