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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-crew-accommodation-regulations-1997/regulation-36",
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  "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/36",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "36",
  "heading": "Equipment to be of an approved type",
  "text": "(1) It shall be the duty of an owner of a ship to which these Regulations apply to ensure that the following equipment is of an approved type—\n(a) floor coverings referred to in regulations 8/1 and 32(34);\n(b) sidescuttles and windows referred to in regulation 15(1);\n(c) vacuum discharge pipe systems referred to in regulation 26(22)(c);\n(d) thermostatic mixing valves referred to in regulation 26(15)(c)(i); and\n(e) plant used to produce drinking water and/or fresh water on board a ship referred to in regulation 27(4).\n(2) In this regulation “approved”, in relation to an item of equipment, means approved by the Secretary of State or by a person specified in Merchant Shipping Notice M.1645 in relation to that equipment.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2016/1025",
      "affecting_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Marine Equipment) Regulations 2016"
    },
    {
      "type": "word substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2025/1280",
      "affecting_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Marine Equipment) Regulations 2025"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1508/regulation/36",
    "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."
}