{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-merchant-shipping-port-state-control-regulations-2026/regulation-18",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2026/9780348280098",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Port State Control) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-merchant-shipping-port-state-control-regulations-2026",
  "path": "regulation/18",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Exceptional circumstances when prohibited ships may be permitted to enter port",
  "text": "(1) Notwithstanding regulations 14, 15, 16 and 17, the Secretary of State may allow a ship access to a specific port or anchorage in the United Kingdom where—\n(a) the circumstances in paragraph (2) apply in relation to the ship, and\n(b) the Secretary of State is satisfied that adequate measures to ensure safe entry of the ship have been implemented by its master.\n(2) The circumstances are—\n(a) force majeure,\n(b) overriding safety considerations,\n(c) the need to reduce or minimise the risk of pollution, or\n(d) the need to have deficiencies rectified.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2026/9780348280098/regulation/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:37:45.200804+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."
}