{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-loading-and-stability-assessment-of-roro-passenger-ships-regulations-1989/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-loading-and-stability-assessment-of-roro-passenger-ships-regulations-1989/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1989/100",
  "legislation_title": "Merchant Shipping (Loading and Stability Assessment of Ro/Ro Passenger Ships) Regulations 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-loading-and-stability-assessment-of-roro-passenger-ships-regulations-1989",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Stability and freeboard during loading and unloading",
  "text": "The master shall use the information provided in accordance with regulation 2 and, when necessary, make calculations or cause calculations to be made in order to ensure that the process of loading and unloading is carried out safely; in particular, he shall ensure that:–\n(a) the ship has adequate stability; and\n(b) the freeboard at any door giving access to the hull or to an enclosed superstructure is sufficient to prevent the entry of water.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/100/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:50:55.723537+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."
}