{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-means-of-access-regulations-1988/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-means-of-access-regulations-1988/regulation-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1637",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Means of Access) Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-means-of-access-regulations-1988",
  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Accommodation Ladders",
  "text": "In every ship of 120 metres or more in registered length (or, in the case of an unregistered ship, of 120 metres or more overall length) the employer shall ensure that there is carried on the ship an accommodation ladder which is appropriate to the deck layout, size, shape and maximum freeboard of the ship and which complies with the specifications contained in section 2 of the Code.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1637/regulation/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:57:53.564364+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."
}