# The Shipbuilding and Ship-repairing Regulations 1960, Regulation 45: Precautions against damage to chains and ropes


Appropriate steps shall be taken to prevent, so far as practicable, the use of chains or ropes for raising or lowering in circumstances in which they are in or liable to come into contact with sharp edges of plant, materials or loads, or with sharp edges of any part of the vessel on which work is being carried out.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1960/1932/regulation/45 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/shipbuilding-and-ship-repairing-regulations-1960/regulation-45
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