{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fishing-vessels-safety-provisions-rules-1975/article-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fishing-vessels-safety-provisions-rules-1975/article-20.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1975/330",
  "legislation_title": "The Fishing Vessels (Safety Provisions) Rules 1975",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fishing-vessels-safety-provisions-rules-1975",
  "path": "article/20",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Machinery",
  "text": "(1) In every vessel of 12 metres in length and over to which these Rules apply main and auxiliary machinery essential for the propulsion and safety of the vessel shall be provided with effective means of control. The machinery shall be capable of being brought into operation from the dead ship condition.\n(2) In every such vessel where risk from over-speeding of machinery exists provisions shall be made to ensure that the safe speed is not exceeded.\n(3) In every such vessel where main or auxiliary machinery or any parts of such machinery are subject to internal pressure such parts shall, prior to installation, be subjected to a hydraulic test to a pressure suitably in excess of the working pressure having regard to:—\n(a) the design and the material of which they are constructed;\n(b) the purpose for which they are intended to be used;\n(c) the working conditions under which they are intended to be used;\nand such parts shall at any time thereafter be capable of withstanding such a test.\n(4) In every such vessel, main and auxiliary machinery essential for the safety and propulsion of the vessel shall be maintained in an efficient condition.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1975/330/article/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:14:59.180322+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."
}