{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1995/section-255M",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1995/section-255M.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1995/21",
  "legislation_title": "Merchant Shipping Act 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1995",
  "path": "section/255M",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "255M",
  "heading": "Production of certificates",
  "text": "(1) This section applies to a ship which is required to have a wreck removal insurance certificate before entering or leaving a port.\n(2) The master of the ship must ensure that the certificate is carried on board.\n(3) The master of the ship must, on request, produce the certificate to—\n(a) an officer of Revenue and Customs;\n(b) an officer of the Secretary of State;\n(c) if the ship is a United Kingdom ship, a proper officer.\n(4) Failure to comply with subsection (2) or (3) is an offence.\n(5) A person guilty of the offence is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 9A inserted (5.2.2015 for the insertion of ss. 255A, 255J, 255N, 255R for specified purposes, 14.4.2015 in so far as not already in force) by Wreck Removal Convention Act 2011 (c. 8), ss. 1(2), 2(2); S.I. 2015/133, arts. 2, 3"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/21/section/255M",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:33:07.847944+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."
}