# The Merchant Shipping (Entry into Dangerous Spaces) Regulations 1988, Regulation 7: Testing equipment


The employer shall ensure that each ship where entry into a dangerous space may be necessary shall carry or otherwise have available an oxygen meter and such other testing device as is appropriate to the hazard likely to be encountered in any dangerous space on board. The master shall ensure that such meter and any such other testing device are maintained in good working order and, where applicable, regularly serviced and calibrated according to the manufacturers` recommendations.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1638/regulation/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-entry-into-dangerous-spaces-regulations-1988/regulation-7
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