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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-means-of-access-regulations-1988/regulation-8",
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  "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/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Life-buoys",
  "text": "The employer and the master shall ensure that a life-buoy with a self-activating light and also a separate safety line attached to a quoit or some similar device is provided ready for use at the point of access aboard the ship.",
  "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/8",
    "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."
}