{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/river-lagan-tidal-navigation-and-general-bye-laws-northern-ireland-2007/section-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/river-lagan-tidal-navigation-and-general-bye-laws-northern-ireland-2007/section-10.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2007/243",
  "legislation_title": "The River Lagan Tidal Navigation and General Bye-laws (Northern Ireland) 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/river-lagan-tidal-navigation-and-general-bye-laws-northern-ireland-2007",
  "path": "section/10",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Restriction on Navigation by Night, etc.",
  "text": "(1) The master of a vessel navigating during the hours of darkness shall display lights on such vessel as follows, each to be visible over the water to a distance of 1.6 kilometres—\n(a) on the mast or at a height of not less than 1.2 metres above the hull, a bright white light, (power driven vessels only), visible from right ahead to 22.5 degrees abaft the beam on either side;\n(b) on the starboard side, a green light, visible from right ahead to 22.5 degrees abaft the beam on the starboard side;\n(c) on the port side, a red light, visible from right ahead to 22.5 degrees abaft the beam on the port side;\n(d) on the stern, a white light, visible from right aft to 22.5 degrees abaft the beam on either side;\n(e) any vessel less than seven metres in length may, in lieu of (a) and (b) and (c) display an all-round white light but shall if practicable display side lights;\n(f) any vessel with a narrow beam and exceeding 7 metres in length shall display bright white lights on its bow and stern which comply with the requirements of sub-paragraphs (a) and (d).\n(2) The master of any vessel aground on the river or moored or anchored other than at a public or private mooring place shall during the hours of darkness display on such vessel a bright white light of such character as to be visible upstream or downstream to a distance of two hundred metres in clear weather conditions.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2007/243/section/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:40:53.615492+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."
}