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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-fees-regulations-2018/schedule-1/part-14/crossheading-application/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2018/1104",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Fees) Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-fees-regulations-2018",
  "path": "schedule/1/part/14/crossheading/application/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), where an inspection is delayed or is disrupted during its course, or a visit to carry out an inspection is abortive, a fee calculated at the standard hourly rate for the delay caused or time wasted is chargeable.\n(2) The fee mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) is not chargeable where—\n(a) the delay or time wasted is less than one hour in total or is due to circumstances over which the applicant has no control; or\n(b) the person carrying out the inspection is reasonably able to perform other work in the vicinity for which a fee has been paid.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/1104/schedule/1/part/14/crossheading/application/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:53:06.487642+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."
}