{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-cargo-and-passenger-ship-construction-and-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-2023/regulation-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-cargo-and-passenger-ship-construction-and-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-2023/regulation-16.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2023/246",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Cargo and Passenger Ship Construction and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-cargo-and-passenger-ship-construction-and-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-2023",
  "path": "regulation/16",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Compliance by new ships",
  "text": "A new ship must comply with each requirement of Chapter II-1 applicable to that ship.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 16 in force at 29.3.2023, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Chapter II-1 gives effect to the International Code on Intact Stability, 2008, the International Goal-based Ship Construction Standards for Bulk Carriers and Oil Tankers, the Code on Noise Levels on Board Ships and the International Code of Safety for Ships using Gases or other Low-Flashpoint Fuels (IGF Code). The International Code on Intact Stability, 2008 was adopted by International Maritime Organization (IMO) Resolution MSC.267(85) and made mandatory by IMO Resolution MSC.269(85). IMO Resolution 267(85) has been amended by IMO Resolutions MSC.319(89), MSC.398(95), MSC.413(97), MSC.414(97), MSC.415(97), MSC.443(99) and MSC.444(99) (and Corrigenda MSC.85/26/Add.1/Corr.3 and MSC.85/26/Add.1/Corr.3/Rev.1). The International Goal-based Ship Construction Standards for Bulk Carriers and Oil Tankers was adopted by IMO Resolution MSC.287(87) and made mandatory by IMO Resolution MSC.290(87). The Code on Noise Level on Board Ships was adopted by IMO Resolution MSC.337(91) and made mandatory by IMO Resolution MSC.338(91) (which has been amended by IMO Resolution MSC.409(97)). The International Code of Safety for Ships using Gases or other Low-Flashpoint Fuels was adopted by IMO Resolution MSC.391(95) and made mandatory by MSC.392(95). This Code has also been amended by IMO Resolution MSC.422(98). These Codes, and the International Goal-based Ship Construction Standards for Bulk Carriers and Oil Tankers, are available from the International Maritime Organization of 4 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7SR or found on the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office treaties database (https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/responsive/app/consolidatedSearch/)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/246/regulation/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:48:35.024580+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."
}