{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fishing-vessels-safety-provisions-rules-1975/schedule-15/part-I",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fishing-vessels-safety-provisions-rules-1975/schedule-15/part-I.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": "schedule/15/part/I",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "I",
  "heading": "GENERAL",
  "text": "Definition of “working load”. In this Schedule the expression “working load” means—\n(a) in relation to davits to which sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph 1 of Part II of this Schedule applies, the sum of the weight of the lifeboat, its full equipment, the blocks and falls, and the maximum number of persons which the lifeboat is deemed fit to carry, the weight of each person being taken to be 75 kilogrammes;\n(b) in relation to davits and other means of launching to which sub-paragraph (b) or (c) of paragraph 1 of Part II of this Schedule applies, the sum of the weight of the lifeboat, Class C boat or other boat, its full equipment, the blocks and falls, and a launching crew consisting of two persons, the weight of each person being taken to be 75 kilogrammes;\n(c) in relation to winches the maximum pull exerted by the fall or falls at the winch drum during lowering, hoisting or stowing which in any case is to be taken as not less than the working load on the davit or davits divided by the velocity ratio of the lowering tackle.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1975/330/schedule/15/part/I",
    "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."
}