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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-16/annex-XI/division-2",
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  "legislation": "eudr/2009/16",
  "legislation_title": "Directive 2009/16/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on port State control (Recast) (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-16",
  "path": "annex/XI/division/2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Inspectors must, as a minimum, have either:",
  "text": "(a) appropriate qualifications from a marine or nautical institution and relevant seagoing experience as a certificated ship officer holding or having held a valid STCW II/2 or III/2 certificate of competency not limited as regards the operating area or propulsion power or tonnage; or\n(b) passed an examination recognised by the competent Authority as a naval architect, mechanical engineer or an engineer related to the maritime fields and worked in that capacity for at least five years; or\n(c) a relevant university degree or equivalent and have properly trained and qualified as ship safety inspectors.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2009/16/annex/XI/division/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:22:15.239047+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."
}