{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-control-of-pollution-by-noxious-liquid-substances-in-bulk-regulations-1987/regulation-19",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-control-of-pollution-by-noxious-liquid-substances-in-bulk-regulations-1987/regulation-19.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/551",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Control of Pollution by Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk) Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-control-of-pollution-by-noxious-liquid-substances-in-bulk-regulations-1987",
  "path": "regulation/19",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": "Procedures and Arrangements Manual",
  "text": "(1) Every ship shall be provided with a Procedures and Arrangements Manual complying with the IMO Standards.\n(2) Such manual shall be approved, in the case of a United Kingdom ship, by the Secretary of State or, in the case of a ship registered in a state party to MARPOL 1973/78, by or on behalf of the government of that state.\n(3) A manual approved in accordance with paragraph (2) shall be deemed to comply with the IMO Standards.\n(4) The Procedure and Arrangements Manual shall be kept on board the ship in such a place as to be radily available for inspection.\n(5) The Procedure and Arrangements Manual shall, in the case of a United Kingdom ship, be in English and, in the case of any other ship, be in, or include a translation into, English or French.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/551/regulation/19",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:28:56.299532+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."
}