{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-fees-amendment-regulations-1994/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-fees-amendment-regulations-1994/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1994/502",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-fees-amendment-regulations-1994",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations further amend the Merchant Shipping (Fees) Regulations 1991. The amendments—\n(a) increase the basic hourly rate from £37 to £45, an increase of 21.6%;\n(b) provide for charges in connection with registration of ships following the changes to the system of registration introduced by the Merchant Shipping (Registration, etc.) Act 1993;\n(c) introduce a fee of £48.75 for examination for medical fitness certificates;\n(d) increase by about 9% certain additional fees in respect of radio surveys;\n(e) make minor corrections and updating.\n(f) bring the charges for fishing vessel surveys in line with those surveys charged at the basic hourly rate.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/502/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:40:10.721531+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."
}