{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-725/article-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-725/article-6.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2004/725",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EC) No 725/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on enhancing ship and port facility security (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-725",
  "path": "article/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Provision of security information prior to entry into a port ...",
  "text": "1. When a ship which is subject to the requirements of the special maritime security measures (by virtue of Article 3 of this Regulation or otherwise) announces its intention to enter a port in the United Kingdom, the Secretary of State must require that the information referred to in paragraph 2.1 of regulation 9 (ships intending to enter a port of another Contracting Government) of the special maritime security measures is provided. The Secretary of State shall analyse, as far as necessary, the information provided and, where necessary, apply the procedure provided for in paragraph 2 of regulation 9 of those special measures.\n2. The information referred to in paragraph 1 shall be provided:\n(a) at least 24 hours in advance; or\n(b) at the latest, at the time the ship leaves the previous port, if the voyage time is less than 24 hours; or\n(c) if the port of call is not known or if it is changed during the voyage, as soon as the port of call becomes known.\n3. A report shall be kept of the procedure followed in respect of each ship subject to a security incident, as defined in paragraph 1.13 of regulation 1 (definitions) of the special maritime security measures.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 6(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Ship and Port Security (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/308), regs. 1(2), 7(3)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 6(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Ship and Port Security (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/308), regs. 1(2), 7(3)(b)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Art. 6(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Ship and Port Security (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/308), regs. 1(2), 7(3)(b)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Art. 6(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Ship and Port Security (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/308), regs. 1(2), 7(4); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Art. 6 heading omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Ship and Port Security (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/308), regs. 1(2), 7(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2004/725/article/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:55:38.048758+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."
}