{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-accident-reporting-and-investigation-regulations-1999/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-accident-reporting-and-investigation-regulations-1999/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/2567",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Accident Reporting and Investigation) Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-accident-reporting-and-investigation-regulations-1999",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Application",
  "text": "(1) These Regulations shall apply to accidents involving or occurring on board–\n(a) any United Kingdom ship, except that regulation 5 shall not apply to pleasure vessels; 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 unless she is within the defined limits of a port in the United Kingdom or is employed in carrying passengers to or from a port in the United Kingdom.\n(2) These Regulations apply to serious injuries and hazardous incidents as they apply to accidents, except that:\n(a) regulations 5 and 7 shall not apply to hazardous incidents; and\n(b) regulations 5(1) and 5(3)(a) shall not apply to serious injuries.\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/1999/2567/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:54:53.984029+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."
}