{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-crew-accommodation-fishing-vessels-regulations-1975/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-crew-accommodation-fishing-vessels-regulations-1975/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1975/2220",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Crew Accommodation) (Fishing Vessels) Regulations 1975",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-crew-accommodation-fishing-vessels-regulations-1975",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Application",
  "text": "These Regulations shall apply to every mechanically-propelled sea-going fishing vessel of 24·4 metres or more in length registered in the United Kingdom under Part I or Part IV of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894 which either:\n(a) is so registered for the first time or re-registered after the date on which these Regulations come into operation, or\n(b) is reconstructed or substantially altered after that date,\nexcept:\n(i) vessels primarily used for fishing for sport or recreation;\n(ii) vessels primarily propelled by sail but having auxiliary engines; or\n(iii) vessels used for whaling or similar pursuits.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1998/929",
      "affecting_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Crew Accommodation) (Fishing Vessels) (Amendment) Regulations 1998"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2002/2201",
      "affecting_title": "The Fishing Vessels (Safety of 15–24 Metre Vessels) Regulations 2002"
    },
    {
      "type": "words omitted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2002/2201",
      "affecting_title": "The Fishing Vessels (Safety of 15–24 Metre Vessels) Regulations 2002"
    },
    {
      "type": "words omitted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2002/2201",
      "affecting_title": "The Fishing Vessels (Safety of 15–24 Metre Vessels) Regulations 2002"
    },
    {
      "type": "omitted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2002/2201",
      "affecting_title": "The Fishing Vessels (Safety of 15–24 Metre Vessels) Regulations 2002"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1975/2220/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:46:53.726337+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."
}