{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-accident-reporting-and-investigation-regulations-2026/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-accident-reporting-and-investigation-regulations-2026/regulation-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2026/430",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Accident Reporting and Investigation) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-accident-reporting-and-investigation-regulations-2026",
  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Duty to report accidents",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies in relation to an accident falling within regulation 4(1)(a) or (b) subject to the exemptions in regulation 7.\n(2) When an accident falling within paragraph (1) occurs the following persons must notify the Chief Inspector as soon as possible following the accident and by the quickest means available—\n(a) the master of the ship or, if the master has not survived, the ship’s senior surviving officer, and\n(b) the ship’s owner unless they have ascertained to their satisfaction that the master or senior surviving officer has reported the accident in accordance with sub-paragraph (a).\n(3) In addition to any notification made under paragraph (2) the following persons must notify the Chief Inspector, as soon as possible and by the quickest means available, of any accident of which they are aware—\n(a) in the case of an accident within or adjacent to the limits of any harbour, the harbour authority for that harbour,\n(b) in the case of an accident on any inland waterway in the United Kingdom, the person, authority or body having responsibility for that waterway, or\n(c) an official of the MCA in respect of an accident within United Kingdom waters.\n(4) A person making a notification in accordance with paragraph (2) or (3) must, so far as is reasonably practicable, include the information set out in Schedule 1.\n(5) The persons specified in paragraphs (2) and (3)(a) and (b) must also ensure that—\n(a) so far as is reasonably practicable, the circumstances of every accident are examined, and\n(b) a report giving the findings of such examination, stating any measures taken or proposed to be taken to prevent a recurrence, is provided to the Chief Inspector as soon as possible.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See section 313(1) of the Act for the definitions of “harbour” and “harbour authority”."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/430/regulation/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:02:30.543392+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."
}