{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-boatmasters-qualifications-crew-and-hours-of-work-regulations-2015/regulation-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-boatmasters-qualifications-crew-and-hours-of-work-regulations-2015/regulation-10.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2015/410",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Boatmasters' Qualifications, Crew and Hours of Work) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-boatmasters-qualifications-crew-and-hours-of-work-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/10",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Vessels to which a pilotage direction applies",
  "text": "(1) Where a pilotage direction apples to a vessel, a boatmaster is not qualified to serve as master unless—\n(a) the boatmaster—\n(i) is an authorised pilot, or\n(ii) holds a pilotage exemption certificate issued by the competent navigation authority; or\n(b) the vessel is carrying an authorised pilot.\n(2) In this regulation “pilotage direction” has the meaning given in section 7(1) of the Pilotage Act 1987.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/410/regulation/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:45:55.903486+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."
}