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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-domestic-passenger-ships-safety-management-code-regulations-2001/regulation-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/3209",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Domestic Passenger Ships) (Safety Management Code) Regulations 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-domestic-passenger-ships-safety-management-code-regulations-2001",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Exemptions",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may grant exemptions from all or any of the provisions of these Regulations (as may be specified in the exemption) for individual cases or classes of case on such terms (if any) as he may specify, if he is satisfied that:\n(a) compliance with such provision is either impracticable or unreasonable in that case or cases, and\n(b) the exemption is subject to such conditions and limitations as will provide a level of safety equivalent to that provided by the provision or provisions from which exemption is being granted.\n(2) The Secretary of State may, on giving reasonable notice, alter or cancel any exemption granted under paragraph (1) above.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/3209/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:28:36.712135+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."
}