{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-carriage-of-passengers-by-sea-regulations-2012/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2012/3152",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Carriage of Passengers by Sea) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-carriage-of-passengers-by-sea-regulations-2012",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\n“the 2009 Regulation” means Regulation (EC) No. 392/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23rd April 2009 on the liability of carriers of passengers by sea in the event of accidents;\n“the Act” means the Merchant Shipping Act 1995;\n“State Party” means a country in respect of which the Athens Convention is in force;\n“insurance” means insurance or other financial security satisfying the requirements of Article 4bis of the Athens Convention;\n“proper officer” has the meaning ascribed to it in section 313 of the Act;\n“United Kingdom ship” means a ship registered in the United Kingdom under Part 2 of the Act.\n(2) For the purposes of these Regulations expressions used in the 2009 Regulation and in these Regulations have the same meaning as in the 2009 Regulation.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in force at 31.12.2012 in force in accordance with reg. 1(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "O.J. L.131, 28.5.2009, P.24."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1995 c.21."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/3152/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:09:58.471462+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."
}