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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-fees-regulations-1996/schedule/part-XII/paragraph-2",
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  "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/XII/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Fees in Respect of Surveys or Inspections, in or outside the United Kingdom, for Waiting Time and Attendance at Unusual Hours, Weekends and Public Holidays",
  "text": "Where the inspector or surveyor is able to avoid waiting time by carrying out other available surveys or inspection work in the vicinity, for which the appropriate fees have been paid, an additional fee will not be payable.\nTABLE\nRadio surveys per hour, or part thereof, of fishing vessels\nRadio surveys per hour, or part thereof, of other ships\nOther surveys, inspections and tests, per hour or part thereof\n1 For waiting time prior to the commencement of and during the course of a survey or inspection:\nfor a period not in excess of one hour\nNo fee\nNo fee\nNo fee\nFor periods in excess of one hour for surveys in United Kingdom\n£23\n£26\n£60\nFor periods in excess of one hour for surveys abroad\n£46\n£52\n£120\n2 For abortive visits in the United Kingdom: for the time wasted in excess of one hour at the place of survey or inspection plus the time occupied in travelling to and from the place of survey\n£23\n£26\n£60\n3 When a surveyor or inspector is called upon to perform services at unusual hours; for work undertaken during the following times including time occupied in travelling:\nMondays to Fridays inclusive between 6pm and 8am and all day Saturday\n£11.50\n£13\n£30\nSundays and Public Holidays\n£23\n£26\n£60",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "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": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1998/531",
      "affecting_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1998"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/2000/1683",
      "affecting_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Fees)(Amendment) Regulations 2000"
    },
    {
      "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/XII/paragraph/2",
    "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."
}