{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-submersible-craft-construction-and-survey-regulations-1981/schedule-1/paragraph-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-submersible-craft-construction-and-survey-regulations-1981/schedule-1/paragraph-7.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1981/1098",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Submersible Craft Construction and Survey) Regulations 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-submersible-craft-construction-and-survey-regulations-1981",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Navigation and Position Indication",
  "text": "(7.1) Manned submersible craft shall be:—\n(7.1.1) fitted with a compass;\n(7.1.2) fitted with an adequate means of determining the distance of the craft from the seabed;\n(7.1.3) provided with an adequate means of visual look-out ahead of the craft or be fitted with equipment to determine and avoid obstacles when submerged;\n(7.1.4) fitted with such gauges or instruments to provide a continuous read-out of depth to the crew; a minimum of two such instruments shall be fitted; one of which shall be a dial gauge; they shall not share a common hull penetration;\n(7.1.5) fitted with equipment to indicate heel and trim;\n(7.1.6) fitted with a visual means of position indication for use when on the surface, including highly visible paint, and strobe light;\n(7.1.7) fitted with a sonic location device to provide position indication in an emergency when submerged;\n(7.1.8) be equipped with a timepiece which does not use the main power supply.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1987/306",
      "affecting_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Submersible Craft) (Amendment) Regulations 1987"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1981/1098/schedule/1/paragraph/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T18:35:26.362503+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."
}