{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-cargo-ship-construction-regulations-1997/regulation-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-cargo-ship-construction-regulations-1997/regulation-15.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1509",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Cargo Ship Construction) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-cargo-ship-construction-regulations-1997",
  "path": "regulation/15",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Subdivision indices",
  "text": "(1) The attained subdivision index of every ship shall not be less than the required subdivision index of that ship.\n(2) The attained subdivision index of a ship is the value “A” calculated in respect of that ship in accordance with the formula specified in paragraph 3 of Annex I in Merchant Shipping Notice No. M.1715 (M) and the required subdivision index for a ship is the value “R” calculated in respect of that ship in accordance with the formula specified in paragraph 2 of Annex I to that Notice.\n(3) In calculating “A” and “R” account shall be taken of the explanatory notes set out in Annex II to that Merchant Shipping Notice.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in reg. 15(2) substituted (5.4.1999) by The Merchant Shipping (Cargo Ship Construction) (Amendment) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/643), regs. 1, 6"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 15 in force at 11.7.1997, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1509/regulation/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:07:02.970396+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."
}