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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fishing-vessels-codes-of-practice-regulations-2017/regulation-8",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2017/943",
  "legislation_title": "The Fishing Vessels (Codes of Practice) Regulations 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fishing-vessels-codes-of-practice-regulations-2017",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Suspension of certificates",
  "text": "(1) If the Secretary of State determines that an inspection or survey of a fishing vessel is required under regulation 6 or 7, the certificate of compliance may be suspended until that inspection or survey is carried out.\n(2) If a surveyor of ships is satisfied, following a survey of the fishing vessel (or, in the case of a small fishing vessel, an inspection) as set out in the relevant Merchant Shipping Notice, that the vessel complies with the applicable Code of Practice, the Secretary of State must lift the suspension.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/943/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:07:48.220407+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."
}