{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-fees-regulations-1996/schedule/part-X",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-fees-regulations-1996/schedule/part-X.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/3243",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Fees) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-fees-regulations-1996",
  "path": "schedule/part/X",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "X",
  "heading": "SEAMAN'S DOCUMENTS",
  "text": "In this Part, “the Regulations” means the Merchant Shipping (Seamen’s Documents) Regulations 1987; and the person to whom a British Seaman’s Card or a discharge book has been issued is referred to as the holder of it.\nService\nFee\n1 —\n(1) For the issue of a British Seaman’s Card:–\n(a) To a British seaman under regulation 5 of the Regulations:\n(i) on postal application\n£16.50\n(ii) other\n£35\n(b) to a person who would, but for the provisions of regulation 9 of the Regulations, be regarded as a holder of a British Seaman’s Card:\n(i) on postal application\n£16.50\n(ii) other\n£35\n(c) to a person who has ceased to be regarded as the holder of a British Seaman’s Card because it has been lost, destroyed or defaced through shipwreck or fire at sea\nNo fee\n(2) For the issue or renewal of a discharge book under paragraph (1) of regulation 17 or under paragraphs (1) or (2) of regulation 18 of the Regulations (except where paragraph 2(2)(b) below applies):–\n(a) to a seaman\n(i) on postal application\n£16.50\n(ii) other\n£35\n(b) to a seaman to whom a Seaman’s Record Book has been issued or who was the holder of a discharge book which in either case has been lost, destroyed or defaced through shipwreck or fire at sea\nNo fee",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1987/408."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2004/302",
      "affecting_title": "The Merchant Shipping (High Speed Craft) Regulations 2004"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2004/302",
      "affecting_title": "The Merchant Shipping (High Speed Craft) Regulations 2004"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1998/531",
      "affecting_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1998"
    },
    {
      "type": "added",
      "affecting": "uksi/1997/1820",
      "affecting_title": "The Oil Pollution (Compulsory Insurance) Regulations 1997"
    },
    {
      "type": "added",
      "affecting": "uksi/1997/3018",
      "affecting_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Port Waste Reception Facilities) Regulations 1997"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1999/1923",
      "affecting_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Fees) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 1999"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/3243/schedule/part/X",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:28:39.770841+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."
}