{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-fire-protection-amendment-regulations-1999/regulation-24",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-fire-protection-amendment-regulations-1999/regulation-24.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/992",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Fire Protection) (Amendment) Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-fire-protection-amendment-regulations-1999",
  "path": "regulation/24",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "24",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "For the first sentence of paragraph (3) of regulation 77 there shall be substituted:\n“The number of ventilation openings in “B” Class divisions shall be kept to a minimum; such openings shall generally be provided only in the lower part doors or by utilising gaps under doors. Openings in doors shall be provided with a grille made from non-combustible material. Openings shall not be provided in a “B” Class division forming a stairway enclosure.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/992/regulation/24",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:52:22.488704+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."
}