# The Merchant Shipping (Cargo Ship) (Bilge Alarm) Regulations 2021, Regulation 7: Detention

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) A ship that does not meet the requirements of regulation 4 is liable to be detained until it complies.
(2) Section 284 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (enforcing detention of a ship) applies to that detention as if references to the detention of a ship under that Act were references to the detention of the ship under these Regulations.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/592/regulation/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-cargo-ship-bilge-alarm-regulations-2021/regulation-7
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