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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-safe-movement-on-board-ship-regulations-1988/regulation-9",
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  "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/9",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Ladders",
  "text": "The employer and the master shall ensure that all ship’s ladders are of good construction and sound material, of adequate strength for the purpose for which they are used, free from patent defect and properly maintained.",
  "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/9",
    "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."
}