{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fishing-vessels-safety-provisions-amendment-rules-1998/article-7",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/928",
  "legislation_title": "The Fishing Vessels (Safety Provisions) (Amendment) Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fishing-vessels-safety-provisions-amendment-rules-1998",
  "path": "article/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Amendment of principal Rules",
  "text": "In Rule 1(5) there shall be inserted, in the appropriate places, the following definitions:\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 the vessel has commenced comprising at least 50 tonnes or 1 per cent of the estimated mass of all structural material; whichever is less;”\n““Merchant Shipping Notice” means a Notice described as such and issued by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, an executive agency of the Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions;”\n““Worker” means any person carrying out an occupation on board a vessel, including trainees and apprentices but excluding shore personnel carrying out work on board a vessel at the quayside and port pilots.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/928/article/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:33:00.210689+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."
}