{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1970-unregistered-ships-regulations-1991/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1970-unregistered-ships-regulations-1991/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1991/1366",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping Act 1970 (Unregistered Ships) Regulations 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1970-unregistered-ships-regulations-1991",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Extension to ships entitled to be registered of less than 24 metres in length",
  "text": "It is hereby directed that—\n(a) the provisions of the Merchant Shipping Act 1970 specified in column 1 of Part I of Schedule 2 to these Regulations ; and\n(b) the provisions of the Regulations made under that Act specified in column 1 of Part II of that Schedule;\nshall extend to ships (other than fishing vessels) of the following description, that is to say, sea-going ships\n(i) which are wholly owned by a person resident in, or a body corporate (not being a general lighthouse authority) having a principal place of business in, the United Kingdom ; and\n(ii) which are entitled to be registered in the United Kingdom under the Merchant Shipping Act 1894 but are not registered, whether in the United Kingdom or elsewhere ; and\n(iii) which are less than 24 metres in length;\nand to masters and seamen employed in them, with such exceptions, adaptations and modifications (if any) as are specified in column 2 of that Schedule.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1366/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:42:53.832220+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."
}