{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/shipbuilding-and-ship-repairing-regulations-1960/regulation-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/shipbuilding-and-ship-repairing-regulations-1960/regulation-20.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1960/1932",
  "legislation_title": "The Shipbuilding and Ship-repairing Regulations 1960",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/shipbuilding-and-ship-repairing-regulations-1960",
  "path": "regulation/20",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Suspended stages",
  "text": "(1) Stages suspended by ropes or chains shall be secured as far as possible so as to prevent them from swinging.\n(2) A fibre rope, or a rope made of strands consisting of wire cores covered with fibre, shall not be used for suspending a stage except that fibre ropes may be used in the case of a stage of which the suspension ropes are reeved through blocks.\n(3) Chains, ropes, blocks and other gear used for the suspension of stages shall be of sound material, adequate strength and suitable quality, and in good condition.\n(4) Appropriate steps shall be taken to prevent ropes or chains used for supporting a stage from coming into contact with sharp edges of any part of a vessel.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1960/1932/regulation/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T00:42:05.315689+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."
}