# The Shipbuilding and Ship-repairing Regulations 1960, Regulation 10: Access between vessels


(1) If a ship is alongside any vessel and persons employed have to pass from the one to the other, safe means of access shall be provided for their use, unless the conditions are such that it is possible without undue risk to pass from the one to the other without the aid of any special appliance.
(2) Where the means of access provided consists of, or includes, a rope ladder, such means of access shall not be deemed to be safe unless in the case of the vessel with the higher free-board—
(a) the top step of the ladder is not more than twelve inches below the gunwale or top of the bulwark where the ladder gives immediate access to the vessel; and
(b) at least one adequate and secure hand-hold is available at the position of boarding the vessel; and
(c) a suitable gangway or stairway is provided leading from the top of the bulwark on to the deck, the gangway or stairway being so placed as to be as nearly as practicable opposite to the rope ladder.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1960/1932/regulation/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/shipbuilding-and-ship-repairing-regulations-1960/regulation-10
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