{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-fees-regulations-1987/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-fees-regulations-1987/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/63",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Fees) Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-fees-regulations-1987",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Nothing in these Regulations shall apply to—\n(a) any work involved in carrying out a service before these Regulations come into force; and\n(b) any service started prior to 15th November 1985:\nProvided that if the fee that would be chargeable under these Regulations if they applied would be less than the fee payable under or by virtue of the Regulations referred to in regulation 2(2) above then such lesser fee shall be payable.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/63/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:33:55.247694+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."
}