{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-bch-code-regulations-1987/regulation-9",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1987/550",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (BCH Code) Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-bch-code-regulations-1987",
  "path": "regulation/9",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Loading and carriage in bulk of listed chemicals",
  "text": "No ship to which these Regulations apply shall load in bulk or carry in bulk any Category A, Category B or Category C substance unless—\n(a) (i) there is in force in respect of that ship a Certificate of Fitness for the Carriage of Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk covering the substance which the ship is loading or carrying; and\n(ii) the loading and carrying is carried out in accordance with the terms of that certificate; or\n(b) either the Secretary of State or the government of a state party to MARPOL 1973/78 has given specific approval to its carriage and any conditions relevant to loading or carriage subject to which that approval was given are complied with.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/550/regulation/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:28:56.718644+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."
}