{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-cargo-ship-construction-regulations-1997/regulation-40",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-cargo-ship-construction-regulations-1997/regulation-40.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1509",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Cargo Ship Construction) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-cargo-ship-construction-regulations-1997",
  "path": "regulation/40",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "40",
  "heading": "Protection against noise Requirements for ships constructed on or after 1st September 1984",
  "text": "(1) In every such ship, measures shall be taken to reduce noise levels in machinery spaces as far as is reasonable and practical. On completion of a ship noise levels in machinery spaces shall be measured and a record of the measurements taken shall be retained on the ship.\n(2) Noise levels and their measurement shall be in accordance with the provisions of Schedule 8 in Merchant Shipping Notice MSN 1671.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 40 in force at 11.7.1997, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1509/regulation/40",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:07:02.970396+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."
}