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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-boatmasters-qualifications-crew-and-hours-of-work-regulations-2015/regulation-6",
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  "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/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Part 2: Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Part—\n“authorised pilot” means a person authorised in accordance with section 3 of the Pilotage Act 1987 ;\n“cargo” means all the things which are transported on a vessel, except fuel for the vessel, solid or liquid ballast, consumables to be used on board, the permanent outfit and equipment of the vessel, stores and spare gear for the vessel, the personal baggage and belongings of the crew and any passengers and the equipment necessary for or related to the activities being undertaken by the vessel;\n“chemical tanker” means a vessel constructed or adapted and used for the carriage in bulk of any liquid product listed in chapter 17 of the International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk (2007 Edition) published by the International Maritime Organization ;\n“competent navigation authority” means a person in whom is vested, under any enactment, a power or duty to manage navigation in any part of United Kingdom waters;\n“dangerous goods” means the substances, materials and articles covered by the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code (2012 Edition incorporating Amendment 36-12) published by the International Maritime Organization other than those which are oil, chemical and liquefied gas cargo;\n“fast craft” means a vessel capable of a maximum speed when fully laden of at least 20 knots (where “maximum speed” means the speed achieved at the maximum continuous rating of the vessel's propulsion machinery);\n“general cargo” means any cargo other than oil, chemical and liquefied gas cargo but includes packaged dangerous goods;\n“limited coastal area” means an area of sea where the vessel is—\n(a)no more than either (exclusive of waters of category A, B, C or D)—\n(i)15 miles from its point of departure, or\n(ii)15 miles from its point of arrival; and\n(b)never more than 5 miles from land;\n“liquefied gas carrier” means a vessel constructed or adapted and used for the carriage in bulk of any liquefied gas or other product listed in chapter 19 of the International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Liquefied Gases in Bulk (1993 Edition) , published by the International Maritime Organization;\n“normal duties”, in relation to the holder of a boatmaster’s licence, means the duties normally performed by a person holding a boatmaster’s licence (with or without endorsement);\n“oil tanker” means a vessel constructed and used for the carriage of petroleum and petroleum products in bulk;\n“pilotage exemption certificate” has the meaning given in section 8(1) of the Pilotage Act 1987 ;\n“Port of London area” means the River Thames from Putney Bridge to Margaretness;\n“prescribed fee” means the fee prescribed by the Secretary of State under section 302 of the Act;\n“qualifying service” means service which has been undertaken—\n(a)in the United Kingdom ...,\n(b)in the appropriate deck capacity, and\n(c)in the waters and on vessels of a type appropriate to the class of boatmaster's licence or endorsement ... applied for;\n“qualifying service time” has the meaning given in regulation 19(1)(b);\n“relevant local knowledge” means knowledge of local regulations and other navigation requirements and of the hazards, other features and situations specific to an area of water which affect safe navigation in that area;\n“relevant local knowledge endorsement” means an endorsement authorising operations in specified waters (or in a specified part of the waters) for which relevant local knowledge is required; “relevant medical condition” means a medical condition or disability which affects a person's ability to perform normal duties;\n...\n“Ro-Ro vessel” means a vessel in which vehicles or cargo can be loaded or unloaded in a horizontal direction;\n“specialist towing and pushing operations” means operations involving the towing or pushing of vessels, including ship towage with tugs (other than emergency towing assistance and rigid pushing operations on waters of category A or B or waters of category C if not linked to other waters);\n...\n...",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 6(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Merchant Shipping (Inland Waterways) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/808), regs. 1(2), 3(3)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 6(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Merchant Shipping (Inland Waterways) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/808), regs. 1(2), 3(3)(b)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 6(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Merchant Shipping (Inland Waterways) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/808), regs. 1(2), 3(3)(b)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in reg. 6(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Merchant Shipping (Inland Waterways) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/808), regs. 1(2), 3(3)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in reg. 6(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Merchant Shipping (Inland Waterways) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/808), regs. 1(2), 3(3)(d); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
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    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in reg. 6(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Merchant Shipping (Inland Waterways) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/808), regs. 1(2), 3(3)(e); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
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      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1987 c. 21. Section 3 was amended by S.I. 2001/2237, 2002/808, 2003/1230 and 2006/1031."
    },
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      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "ISBN 9789280142266."
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    {
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      "text": "ISBN 9789280115611."
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      "label": "M4",
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    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M5",
      "text": "Section 8(1) was amended by the Marine Navigation Act 2013 (c. 23), sections 2 and 3."
    }
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/410/regulation/6",
    "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."
}