{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-crew-accommodation-fishing-vessels-amendment-regulations-1998/regulation-11",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-crew-accommodation-fishing-vessels-amendment-regulations-1998/regulation-11.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/929",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Crew Accommodation) (Fishing Vessels) (Amendment) Regulations 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-crew-accommodation-fishing-vessels-amendment-regulations-1998",
  "path": "regulation/11",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Merchant Shipping (Crew Accommodation) (Fishing Vessels) Regulations 1975",
  "text": "After regulation 15 there shall be inserted the following new regulation:\n“Additional requirements for existing vessels of 18 metres in length or more in so far as the structural characteristics permit and for new fishing vessels of 15 metres or more in length\n15A (1) Workplaces shall as far as practicable be adequately lit by natural light and be equipped with artificial lighting suitable for the fishing operations in hand, without placing workers' safety and health in danger or jeopardizing other vessels\n(2) Installations for the lighting of working areas, stairs, ladders and passageways shall be placed in such a way that the type of lighting provided poses no risk of accident to workers and no hindrance to the navigation of the vessel.\n(3) (a) Workplaces in which workers are especially exposed to risks in the event of failure of artificial lighting shall be provided with emergency lighting of adequate intensity.\n(b) Emergency lighting shall be maintained in an efficient operating condition and be tested at regular intervals.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/929/regulation/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:32:59.431430+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."
}