{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-cargo-and-passenger-ship-construction-and-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-2023/regulation-22",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-cargo-and-passenger-ship-construction-and-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-2023/regulation-22.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/22",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "22",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Merchant Shipping (Nuclear Ships) Regulations 2022",
  "text": "(1) The Merchant Shipping (Nuclear Ships) Regulations 2022 are amended as follows.\n(2) In regulation 6 (approvals), after paragraph (2)(c), insert—\n“(ca) regulation 13(3) (approval of change to safety assessment in operational phase);”.\n(3) In regulation 20 (surveys of United Kingdom nuclear ships)—\n(a) for paragraphs (7) and (8), substitute—\n“(7) Notwithstanding the requirement for a renewal survey in paragraph (6), and subject to paragraph (8), a United Kingdom nuclear ship must be subjected to the supplemental periodical surveys, and at the frequencies specified, in paragraphs 8.4.3.1 to 8.4.3.4 in Chapter 8 of the Nuclear Code (periodical surveys of the nuclear steam supply system and supporting hull structure).\n(8) A United Kingdom nuclear ship may be subjected to continuous surveys in accordance with paragraph 8.4.3.5 in Chapter 8 of the Nuclear Code—\n(a) at the request of the Secretary of State; or\n(b) with the approval of the Secretary of State,\nin place of the supplemental periodical surveys required by paragraph (7).\n(8A) Where continuous surveys are requested or approved in accordance with paragraph (8), a United Kingdom nuclear ship must be subjected to those continuous surveys.”;\n(b) in paragraph (9), for “paragraphs (6) to (8)”, substitute “paragraphs (6), (7) and (8A)”.\n(4) In regulation 31 (offences and penalties), in paragraph (1)—\n(a) in sub-paragraph (g) (offences relating to safety assessment requirements in operational phase), after “(2)(a) or (b),” insert “(3)”;\n(b) in sub-paragraph (m) (offences relating to surveys of United Kingdom nuclear ships), for “(8)” substitute “(8A)”.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 22 in force at 29.3.2023, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2022/1169."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/246/regulation/22",
    "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."
}