{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-bridge-visibility-small-passenger-ships-regulations-2005/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-bridge-visibility-small-passenger-ships-regulations-2005/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/2286",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Bridge Visibility) (Small Passenger Ships) Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-bridge-visibility-small-passenger-ships-regulations-2005",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Sight lines",
  "text": "(1) In determining whether the requirements of regulation 4 are met, the helmsman shall be assumed to have a height of eye of 1675 mm above the deck at the steering position.\n(2) Where a sight line, required to be clear to meet the requirements of regulation 4, passes through an after facing window, that window shall be of not less than 450 mm depth (height) centred at 1675 mm above the deck at the steering position.\n(3) No sight line shall pass through any enclosed passenger deck.\n(4) In new ships, and where practicable in existing ships, any sight line which passes over an open passenger deck shall be such that it would pass over the heads of any passengers occupying seats on that deck.\n(5) Should the activities of standing passengers on an open passenger deck cause a serious obstruction to visibility from the steering position, a dedicated lookout must be provided in accordance with regulation 6(2) in such a manner as to overcome the effects of such obstruction.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2286/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:53:59.674971+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."
}