{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-entry-into-dangerous-spaces-regulations-1988/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-entry-into-dangerous-spaces-regulations-1988/regulation-5.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/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Entry into dangerous spaces",
  "text": "(1) (i) The employer shall ensure that procedures for ensuring safe entry and working in dangerous spaces are clearly laid down; and\n(ii) the master shall ensure that such procedures are observed on board the ship.\n(2) No person shall enter or remain in a dangerous space except in accordance with the procedures laid down pursuant to paragraph (1) of this regulation.\n(3) In fulfilling their duties under paragraph (1) and (2) above the employer, master and any other person shall take full account of the principles and guidance contained in the Code.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1638/regulation/5",
    "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."
}