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Mon 04 Apr 2007RNLI warns on negative impact of water safety legislation Concern over detrimental effect of regulations on sailing schoolsLegislation aimed at improving water safety is said to be having a negative impact on several lifeboat stations and on sail training schools.Implementation of the legislation, which was introduced after the Pisces angling boat sank in 2002, is understood to be causing difficulties within some Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) stations.