{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-entry-into-dangerous-spaces-regulations-1988/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-entry-into-dangerous-spaces-regulations-1988/regulation-6.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/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Drills",
  "text": "The master of:\n(a) any tanker or gas carrier of 500 tons and over, and\n(b) any other ship of 1000 tons and over\nshall ensure that drills simulating the rescue of a crew member from a dangerous space are held at intervals not exceeding two months, and that a record of such drills is entered in the official log book.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "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/6",
    "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."
}