{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-accident-investigationregulations-1989/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-accident-investigationregulations-1989/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1989/1172",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Accident Investigation)Regulations 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-accident-investigationregulations-1989",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Application",
  "text": "(1) These Regulations, except regulations 5 and 7, shall apply to hazardous incidents in the same way as they apply to accidents, and the term “accident” shall be construed accordingly.\n(2) These Regulations apply to accidents involving or occurring on board—\n(a) any United Kingdom ship except that regulation 5 shall not apply to pleasure craft, or to lifeboats operated by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution; and\n(b) any other ship within the United Kingdom or the territorial waters thereof, save that regulations 5 and 7 shall not apply to such a ship.\n(3) An investigation may be held under regulation 6 into an accident involving or occurring on board a ship which is not a United Kingdom ship and which at the time of the accident was not within the United Kingdom or the territorial waters thereof, if the Secretary of State so determines.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1172/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:40:59.063832+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."
}