{"data":{"id":"us/46-cfr-45.151","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"46 CFR 45.151","heading":"Other openings.","body":"Each opening other than hatchways, machinery space openings, manholes, or flush scuttles—\n(a) In freeboard decks, must be protected by an enclosed superstructure or by a deckhouse or companionway that is equal in strength and weathertightness to an enclosed superstructure; or\n(b) In exposed superstructure decks or in the top of a deckhouse on freeboard decks that gives access to a space below the freeboard deck or a space within an enclosed superstructure, must be protected by a deckhouse or companionway.","path":["Title 46—Shipping","CHAPTER I—COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","SUBCHAPTER E—LOAD LINES","PART 45—GREAT LAKES LOAD LINES","Subpart D—Conditions of Assignment"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-46.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:22Z","sha256":"ad3b91ae06bb065251c0fcc6b2ee98f2e54ed8cf845f982615251465c0e52740","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/46-cfr-45.149","next":"us/46-cfr-45.153"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}