# The Merchant Shipping (Means of Access) Regulations 1988, Regulation 9: Safety nets


(1) The employer and master shall ensure that an adequate number of safety nets is carried on the ship or is otherwise readily available.
(2) The master shall ensure that when access equipment is in use and there is a risk of a person falling from that access equipment or from the ship or from the quayside immediately adjacent to the access equipment, a safety net is mounted in order to minimise the risk of injury.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1637/regulation/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-means-of-access-regulations-1988/regulation-9
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