{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1995/section-52",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1995/section-52.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1995/21",
  "legislation_title": "Merchant Shipping Act 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1995",
  "path": "section/52",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "52",
  "heading": "Unqualified persons going to sea as qualified officers or seamen.",
  "text": "(1) If a person goes to sea as a qualified officer or seaman of any description without being such a qualified officer or seaman he shall be liable—\n(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum,\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine.\n(2) In this section “qualified” means qualified for the purposes of section 47.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 52 extended (in so far as not already extended) (1.1.2007) by The Merchant Shipping (Inland Waterway and Limited Coastal Operations) (Boatmasters’ Qualifications and Hours of Work) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/3223), regs. 1(b), 4(1)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 52 modified (1.1.2007) by The Merchant Shipping (Inland Waterway and Limited Coastal Operations) (Boatmasters’ Qualifications and Hours of Work) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/3223), regs. 1(b), 24(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/21/section/52",
    "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."
}