{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-dangerous-or-noxious-liquid-substances-in-bulk-regulations-1996/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-dangerous-or-noxious-liquid-substances-in-bulk-regulations-1996/regulation-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/3010",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Dangerous or Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-dangerous-or-noxious-liquid-substances-in-bulk-regulations-1996",
  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Loading and carriage in bulk of dangerous or noxious liquid substances",
  "text": "No ship shall load in bulk, or carry in bulk, any dangerous or noxious liquid substances or substances subject to a tripartite agreement unless—\n(a) (i) there is in force in respect of that ship a valid INLS Certificate, a BCH Code Certificate, an IBC Code Certificate or an appropriate Certificate covering the substance in question; and\n(ii) the loading and carriage of that substance is in accordance with the terms of that Certificate; or\n(b) (i) either the Secretary of State or the government of a State Party to the SOLAS or MARPOL Conventions has given written permission for its carriage; and\n(ii) any conditions subject to which that permission was given are complied with; or\n(c) if the substance is an oil-like substance—\n(i) there is in force in respect of the ship a valid IOPP Certificate or a UKOPP Certificate suitably endorsed for the substance in question;\n(ii) the loading and carriage of that substance is in accordance with the terms of that certificate; and\n(iii) of Category C or D it is handled and carried in accordance with Schedule 3 in Merchant Shipping Notice No NLS 1.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2004/930",
      "affecting_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Dangerous or Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk) (Amendment) Regulations 2004"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/3010/regulation/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:31:07.634178+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."
}