# The Merchant Shipping (Pilot Ladders and Hoists) Regulations 1987, Regulation 2: Citation, revocation and interpretation


(1) In these Regulations:—
“associated equipment” includes manropes, safety lines and harnesses, lifebuoys with self igniting lights, heaving lines, lighting, and when required by regulation 7(8), stanchions and bulwark ladders;
“existing ship” means a ship the keel of which was laid or which was at a similar stage of construction before 25th May 1980;
“Merchant Shipping Notice” means a Notice described as such issued by the Department of Transport and any reference to a particular Merchant Shipping Notice includes a reference to any document amending or replacing that Notice which is considered by the Secretary of State to be relevant from time to time and is specified in a Merchant Shipping Notice.
(2) Any reference in these Regulations to a numbered regulation is a reference to the regulation of that number in these Regulations.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/1961/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-pilot-ladders-and-hoists-regulations-1987/regulation-2
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