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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-merchant-shipping-fire-protection-regulations-2023/schedule-2",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2023/9780348245554",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Fire Protection) Regulations 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-merchant-shipping-fire-protection-regulations-2023",
  "path": "schedule/2",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Classification of ships",
  "text": "Passenger ships\nDescription of class of ship\nClass I\nships engaged on voyages any of which are long international voyages;\nClass II\nships engaged only on short international voyages;\nClass II(A)\nships engaged on voyages of any kind other than international voyages, which are not—\n(i) ships of Classes III to VI(A) as defined in the Merchant Shipping (Passenger Ship Construction: Ships of Classes III to VI(A)) Regulations 1998;\n(ii) ships of Classes A, B, C or D as defined in the Merchant Shipping (Passenger Ships on Domestic Voyages) Regulations 2000 and engaged on domestic voyages for the purposes of those Regulations;\nClass III\nships engaged only on voyages in the course of which they are at no time more than 70 miles by sea from their point of departure and not more than 18 miles from the coast of the United Kingdom, and which are at sea only in favourable weather and during restricted periods;\nClass IV\nships engaged only on voyages in Category A, B, C or D waters;\nClass V\nships engaged only on voyages in Category A, B or C waters;\nClass VI\nships engaged only on voyages with not more than 250 passengers on board, to sea, or in Category A, B, C or D waters, in all cases in favourable weather and during restricted periods, in the course of which the ships are at no time more than 15 miles, exclusive of any Category A, B, C or D waters, from their point of departure nor more than 3 miles from land;\nClass VI(A)\nships carrying not more than 50 passengers for a distance of not more than 6 miles on voyages to or from isolated communities on the islands or coast of the United Kingdom, and which do not proceed for a distance of more than 3 miles from land;\nNon-passenger ships\nDescription of class of ship\nClass VII\nships, other than ships of Classes I, VII(A), VII(T), XI and XII, engaged on voyages any of which are long international voyages;\nClass VII(A)\nships employed as fish processing or canning factory ships, and ships engaged in the carriage of persons employed in the fish processing or canning industries;\nClass VII(T)\ntankers engaged on voyages any of which are long international voyages;\nClass VIII\nships, other than ships of Classes II, VIII(T), IX, XI and XII, engaged only on short international voyages;\nClass VIII(A)\nships, other than ships of Classes II(A) to VI(A) inclusive, VIII(A)(T), IX, IX(A), IX(A)(T), XI and XII, engaged only on voyages which are not international voyages;\nClass VIII(T)\ntankers engaged on voyages any of which are short international voyages;\nClass VIII(A)(T)\ntankers engaged only on voyages which are not international voyages;\nClass IX\ntugs and tenders, other than ships of Classes II, II(A), III, VI and VI(A), which proceed to sea but are not engaged on long international voyages;\nClass IX(A)\nships, other than ships of Classes IV to VI inclusive, which do not proceed to sea;\nClass IX(A)(T)\ntankers which do not proceed to sea;\nClass XI\nsailing ships, other than fishing vessels and ships of Class XII, which proceed to sea;\nClass XII\npleasure vessels of 13.7 metres in length or over.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1998/2515. There are amending instruments but none is relevant."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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  },
  "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."
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