{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fishing-vessels-life-saving-appliances-regulations-1988/schedule-2/paragraph-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fishing-vessels-life-saving-appliances-regulations-1988/schedule-2/paragraph-5.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": "schedule/2/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Marking\n5.1 The unit shall be marked indelibly with—\n.1 the manufacturer’s name or trade mark;\n.2 the batch number or other means of identifying the unit;\n.3 the words “DOT (UK) APPROVED” or “DTp (UK) APPROVED”; and\n.4 clear and concise directions in English for activating the light supported by illustrations.\n5.2 The unit or power source as appropriate, shall be marked indelibly with the date of manufacture and expiry of the power source.",
  "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/schedule/2/paragraph/5",
    "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."
}