{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1995-amendment-order-2016/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1995-amendment-order-2016/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2016/1061",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (Amendment) Order 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1995-amendment-order-2016",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995",
  "text": "In section 164 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (issue of certificate by Secretary of State)—\n(a) in subsection (1A), omit the words from “or a” to “Convention country”;\n(b) after subsection (2) insert —\n“(2A) If the Secretary of State is satisfied, on the application for such a certificate as is mentioned in section 163A(2) in respect of a ship registered in any country which is not a Bunkers Convention country, that there will be in force in respect of the ship, throughout the period for which the certificate is to be issued, a contract of insurance or other security satisfying the requirements of Article 7 of the Bunkers Convention, the Secretary of State may issue such a certificate to the registered owner.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Subsection (1A) was inserted by regulation 18(3) of the Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) (Bunkers Convention) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/1244)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1061/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:18:31.176866+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."
}