{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-musters-training-and-decision-support-systems-regulations-1999/regulation-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-musters-training-and-decision-support-systems-regulations-1999/regulation-7.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/2722",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Musters, Training and Decision Support Systems) Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-musters-training-and-decision-support-systems-regulations-1999",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Public address systems",
  "text": "(1) Every ship shall have a public address system consisting of a loudspeaker installation enabling the broadcast of messages into all spaces where crew members or passengers, or both, are normally present and to all assembly or muster stations (as appropriate).\n(2) The public address system shall–\n(a) provide for the broadcast of messages from the navigation bridge and other strategic points;\n(b) be installed with regard to acoustically marginal conditions;\n(c) not require any action by the addressee in order to be audible; and\n(d) be protected against any unauthorised use.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 7 in force at 29.10.1999, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/2722/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:48:16.189469+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."
}