{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-entry-into-dangerous-spaces-regulations-1988/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-entry-into-dangerous-spaces-regulations-1988/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1638",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Entry into Dangerous Spaces) Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-entry-into-dangerous-spaces-regulations-1988",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Application",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this regulation,\n(a) these Regulations except regulation 11 apply to United Kingdom ships; and\n(b) regulations 1, 2, 3, 11 and 12 apply to ships other than United Kingdom ships while they are in a United Kingdom port.\n(2) These Regulations do not apply to:—\n(a) fishing vessels;\n(b) pleasure craft;\n(c) offshore installations whilst or within 500 metres of their working stations; or\n(d) ships in which there is for the time being no master or crew or watchman.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1988/2274",
      "affecting_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Safety at Work Regulations) (Non-UK Ships) Regulations 1988"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2020/501",
      "affecting_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Life-Saving Appliances and Arrangements) Regulations 2020"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1638/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:57:51.138286+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."
}