{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-fees-regulations-1987/schedule/part-II/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1987/63",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Fees) Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-fees-regulations-1987",
  "path": "schedule/part/II/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Fees for Measurement of Ship’s Tonnage",
  "text": "In this Part:—\n“the Regulations” means the Merchant Shipping (Tonnage) Regulations 1982 and references to specific Regulations shall be construed accordingly;\n“sister ship” means a ship which corresponds in all major respects relevant to the measurement for tonnage with a ship the tonnage of which has been previously ascertained under the Regulations, and for which the calculation for tonnage is available to the Certifying Authority to which, prior to the commencement of its measurement for tonnage, application has been made in writing by or on behalf of the owner of the ship requesting it to be treated as a sister ship.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1982/841."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/63/schedule/part/II/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:33:55.247694+00:00"
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  "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."
}