{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-merchant-shipping-standards-of-training-certification-and-watchkeeping-regulations-2022/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-merchant-shipping-standards-of-training-certification-and-watchkeeping-regulations-2022/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2022/9780348240368",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping) Regulations 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-merchant-shipping-standards-of-training-certification-and-watchkeeping-regulations-2022",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Application",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2), this Part applies to a seafarer on board a seagoing ship that is registered in the United Kingdom.\n(2) This Part does not apply to a seafarer on board—\n(a) ships of war and naval auxiliary ships;\n(b) ships owned or operated by a State and engaged only on governmental non-commercial service;\n(c) fishing vessels;\n(d) pleasure vessels which are—\n(i) less than 80 GT; or\n(ii) under 24 metres in length; or\n(e) wooden ships of primitive build.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2022/9780348240368/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:44:31.055001+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."
}