{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fishing-vessels-safety-provisions-rules-1975/article-71",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fishing-vessels-safety-provisions-rules-1975/article-71.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/71",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "71",
  "heading": "Flags and signalling equipment",
  "text": "Every vessel of 12 metres in length and over to which these Rules apply shall be provided with:—\n(a) a proper complement of flags and pennants for communication by the international code of signals when proceeding on a distant water voyage;\n(b) an efficient signalling lamp capable of being used both by day and by night and which shall be provided with a battery of sufficient capacity to operate the lamp continuously for not less than two hours.",
  "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/71",
    "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."
}