{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-cargo-ship-bilge-alarm-regulations-2021/schedule/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-cargo-ship-bilge-alarm-regulations-2021/schedule/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2021/592",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Cargo Ship) (Bilge Alarm) Regulations 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-cargo-ship-bilge-alarm-regulations-2021",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "United Kingdom ships",
  "text": "In the case of a ship of 24 metres in length or over for which the Secretary of State permits the continuing use of a gross tonnage pursuant to regulation 12(1) (use of gross tonnage ascertained under previous Regulations) of the 1997 Regulations, the “gross tonnage” is the smaller of—\n(a) the largest gross tonnage permitted for that ship pursuant to regulation 12(1) of the 1997 Regulations; and\n(b) the gross tonnage of the ship determined in accordance with regulation 6 (gross tonnage) of the 1997 Regulations.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. para. 3 in force at 30.6.2021, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/592/schedule/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:13:31.335111+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."
}