{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-merchant-shipping-additional-safety-measures-for-bulk-carriers-regulations-2022/regulation-13",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-merchant-shipping-additional-safety-measures-for-bulk-carriers-regulations-2022/regulation-13.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2022/9780348236569",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Additional Safety Measures for Bulk Carriers) Regulations 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-merchant-shipping-additional-safety-measures-for-bulk-carriers-regulations-2022",
  "path": "regulation/13",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Structural strength of bulk carriers constructed on or after 1st July 1999",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies to bulk carriers of 150 metres in length or more.\n(2) A bulk carrier of single-side skin construction to which this regulation applies—\n(a) constructed on or after 1st July 1999; and\n(b) designed to carry solid bulk cargo having a density of 1,000 kg/m3 and above,\nmust comply with each requirement applicable to that bulk carrier in regulation 5 of Chapter XII (structural strength of bulk carriers).\n(3) A bulk carrier of double-side skin construction to which this regulation applies—\n(a) constructed on or after 1st July 2006;\n(b) in which any part of a longitudinal bulkhead is located within one-fifth of the vessel breadth or 11.5 metres, whichever is less, inboard from the ship’s side at a right angle to the centreline at the assigned summer load line; and\n(c) designed to carry solid bulk cargo having a density of 1,000 kg/m3 and above,\nmust comply with each requirement applicable to that bulk carrier in regulation 5 of Chapter XII.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2022/9780348236569/regulation/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:45:19.685273+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."
}