# The Merchant Shipping (Port State Control) Regulations 2026, Regulation 5: Application of section 258 of the Act


(1) A ship, when in a port in the United Kingdom, may be inspected for the purpose of checking that the master and crew are familiar with essential procedures and operations relating to the safety of the ship.
(2) Section 258 (powers to inspect ships and their equipment, etc.) of the Act applies in relation to a ship in a port in the United Kingdom as if, in subsection (1), after “articles on board” there were inserted “the familiarity of the crew with essential procedures and operations relating to the safety of the ship”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2026/9780348280098/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-merchant-shipping-port-state-control-regulations-2026/regulation-5
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