{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-safe-movement-on-board-ship-regulations-1988/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-safe-movement-on-board-ship-regulations-1988/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1641",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Safe Movement on Board Ship) Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-safe-movement-on-board-ship-regulations-1988",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "General",
  "text": "(1) The employer and master shall ensure that safe means of access is provided and maintained to any place on the ship to which a person may be expected to go.\n(2) The employer and master in carrying out the obligations contained in this regulation shall take full account of the principles and the guidance in the Code.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1641/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:57:46.516273+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."
}