{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-crew-accommodation-regulations-1997/regulation-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-crew-accommodation-regulations-1997/regulation-16.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1508",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Crew Accommodation) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-crew-accommodation-regulations-1997",
  "path": "regulation/16",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Drainage",
  "text": "(1) The crew accommodation shall be efficiently drained. In particular—\n(a) drainage pipes and channels shall be provided wherever necessary to clear water shipped from the sea; and\n(b) in order to preclude effluvia from the crew accommodation, the soil and other waste water drainage system shall be so arranged and fitted with such water seals, air vents and storm valves as are necessary to prevent siphonage or blow-back.\n(2) Each space in the sanitary accommodation (except private bathrooms) and each laundry shall be served by one or more scuppers which do not serve any space other than sanitary accommodation or another laundry. The scuppers shall be at least 50 millimetres in diameter, and shall be placed wherever water is likely to collect on the floor.\n(3) There shall be no drainage into sanitary accommodation from any source outside that accommodation except other sanitary accommodation.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1508/regulation/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:07:04.043393+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."
}