# The Merchant Shipping (Fire Protection: Small Ships) Regulations 1998, Regulation 49: Powers to detain

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

In any case where a ship does not comply with the requirements of these Regulations, the ship shall be liable to be detained and section 284 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (which relates to the detention of a ship) shall have effect in relation to the ship, subject to the modification that as if for the words |doquote|this Act|dcquote| wherever they appear, there were substituted “the Merchant Shipping (Fire Protection: Small Ships) Regulations 1998.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1011/regulation/49 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-fire-protection-small-ships-regulations-1998/regulation-49
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