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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-45/annex-I/chapter-2/part-B/part-2/division-8/division-5/division-1",
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  "legislation": "eudr/2009/45",
  "legislation_title": "Directive 2009/45/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 on safety rules and standards for passenger ships (Recast) (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-45",
  "path": "annex/I/chapter/2/part/B/part/2/division/8/division/5/division/1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "NEW CLASS B, C AND D AND EXISTING CLASS B RO-RO PASSENGER SHIPS:",
  "text": "Notwithstanding the provisions of Regulation II-1/B/8 and II-1/B/8-1:\n.1 new ro-ro passenger ships certified to carry 400 persons or more shall comply with the provisions of paragraph .2.3 of Regulation II-1/B/8, assuming the damage applied anywhere within the ship’s length L; and\n.2 existing ro-ro passenger ships certified to carry 400 persons or more shall comply with the requirements of paragraph 1 not later than the date of the first periodical survey after the date of compliance prescribed in subparagraph .2.1, .2.2 or .2.3 which is to occur at the latest:\n.2.1 Value of A/Amax:\nDate of compliance:\nless than 85 %\n1 October 1998\n85 % or more but less than 90 %\n1 October 2000\n90 % or more but less than 95 %\n1 October 2002\n95 % or more but less than 97,5 %\n1 October 2004\n97,5 % or more\n1 October 2010\n.2.2 Number of persons permitted to be carried:\n1 500 or more 1 October 2002\n1 000 or more but less than 1 500 1 October 2006\n600 or more but less than 1 000 1 October 2008\n400 or more but less than 600 1 October 2010\n.2.3 Age of the ship equal or greater than 20 years:\nwhere the age of the ship means the time counted from the date on which the keel was laid or the date on which it was at a similar stage of construction or from the date on which the ship was converted to a ro-ro passenger ship.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Directive 2010/36/EU of 1 June 2010 amending Directive 2009/45/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on safety rules and standards for passenger ships (Text with EEA relevance)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2009/45/annex/I/chapter/2/part/B/part/2/division/8/division/5/division/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:22:12.497948+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."
}