{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-fire-protection-small-ships-regulations-1998/regulation-41",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-fire-protection-small-ships-regulations-1998/regulation-41.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/1011",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Fire Protection: Small Ships) Regulations 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-fire-protection-small-ships-regulations-1998",
  "path": "regulation/41",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "41",
  "heading": "Structure",
  "text": "The hull, superstructure, structural bulkheads, decks and deckhouses of every ship of Classes II(A), III and IV shall be constructed of steel. The Secretary of State may exempt any ship wholly or in part from the requirement of this regulation.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 41 in force at 11.5.1998, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1011/regulation/41",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:32:26.653172+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."
}