{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-merchant-shipping-high-speed-craft-regulations-2022/regulation-14",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-merchant-shipping-high-speed-craft-regulations-2022/regulation-14.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2022/9780348237139",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (High Speed Craft) Regulations 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-merchant-shipping-high-speed-craft-regulations-2022",
  "path": "regulation/14",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": "Permit to operate",
  "text": "(1) A high speed craft must not proceed or attempt to proceed to sea or on any voyage unless there is a valid Permit to Operate.\n(2) The Secretary of State or any person authorised by the Secretary of State may issue a Permit to Operate in accordance with section 1.9 of the High-Speed Craft Code, 1994 or section 1.9 of the High-Speed Craft Code, 2000.\n(3) A Permit to Operate which is issued in respect of a passenger craft must specify the maximum number of passengers which that craft is allowed to carry on board.\n(4) A Permit to Operate must set out, and be subject to, the operating restrictions identified in accordance with regulation 11.\n(5) The owner and master of a passenger craft must ensure that the craft does not carry more than the maximum number of passengers specified in the Permit to Operate.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2022/9780348237139/regulation/14",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:45:12.426424+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."
}