{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-emergency-information-for-passengers-regulations-1990/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-emergency-information-for-passengers-regulations-1990/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1990/660",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Emergency Information for Passengers) Regulations 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-emergency-information-for-passengers-regulations-1990",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Emergency Instructions for Passengers",
  "text": "(1) In ships of Class I, if a muster of the passengers is not held on departure, the attention of the passengers shall be drawn by means of an announcement at the commencement of the voyage to the emergency instructions required by regulation 4(9) and (10) of the Merchant Shipping (Musters and Training) Regulations 1986.\n(2) (a) In ships ofClasses IV, V, VI and VI(A) the passengers shall be informed by means of an announcement at the commencement of each voyage of the action they should take in the event of an emergency which could lead to the ship being abandoned.\n(b) In ships of such Classes notices providing emergency instructions for passengers shall also be displayed in each passenger compartment.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1986/1071."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/660/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:23:13.368098+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."
}