{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-life-saving-appliances-second-amendment-rules-1969/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-life-saving-appliances-second-amendment-rules-1969/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1969/409",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Life-Saving Appliances) (Second Amendment) Rules 1969",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-life-saving-appliances-second-amendment-rules-1969",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "TheMerchant Shipping (Life-Saving Appliances) Rules 1965 as amended shall be further amended as follows:—\n(a) in Rule 9(4) the words “at least 70 per cent of” in the penultimate line shall be deleted; and\n(b) in Schedule 12, Part I, paragraph 5(d) the following shall be substituted for the final sentence:—\n“The sewing shall be carried out with thread of undyed linen yarn having a count of 25 lea, 3 cord reverse twist (resultant Tex count 66), satin finish and complying with the specifications in Clauses 2, 3 and 4 (except subparagraph 4((a)) of British Standards Specification No. BS 4F 34: 1960: for thread of that count.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "(1965 II, p. 2940)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The amendment is not relevant to the subject matter of these Rules."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1969/409/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T23:13:55.759063+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."
}