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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-merchant-shipping-high-speed-craft-regulations-2022/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-merchant-shipping-high-speed-craft-regulations-2022/regulation-8.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/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Approvals",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State, or any person authorised by the Secretary of State, may grant an approval in relation to a United Kingdom high speed craft for anything in Chapter X, the High-Speed Craft Code, 1994 or the High-Speed Craft Code, 2000 requiring to be—\n(a) approved by the Administration of the State whose flag the craft is entitled to fly;\n(b) done to the satisfaction of such Administration; or\n(c) acceptable to that Administration.\n(2) An approval given under paragraph (1) may, on the giving of reasonable notice, be continued, altered or cancelled.\n(3) Any approval given under paragraph (1), or a continuation, alteration or cancellation under paragraph (2), must—\n(a) be in writing;\n(b) specify the date on which it takes effect; and\n(c) specify the terms, if any, on which it is given.\n(4) The requirement that the approval referred to in paragraph (1), or a continuation, alteration or cancellation under paragraph (2), be in writing is satisfied where the text of the approval, continuation, alteration or cancellation is—\n(a) transmitted by electronic means;\n(b) received in legible form; and\n(c) capable of being used for subsequent reference.",
  "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/8",
    "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."
}