# The Merchant Shipping (High-Speed Craft) Regulations 1996, Regulation 11: Cancellation of a certificate or permit


(1) The Secretary of State may cancel a certificate or permit issued to a United Kingdom high-speed craft, or pursuant to regulation 10, where he has reason to believe that:
(a) the certificate or permit was issued on false or erroneous information;
(b) since any survey required by these Regulations, the structure, equipment or machinery of the craft has sustained damage or is otherwise deficient; or
(c) there has been non-compliance with the conditions of the permit such that the safety of the craft or of life were imperilled.
(2) The Secretary of State may require that a certificate or permit issued to United Kingdom high-speed craft, or pursuant to regulation 10, which has expired or has been cancelled be surrendered, as directed.
(3) No person shall:
(a) intentionally alter a certificate or permit referred to in these Regulations;
(b) intentionally make a false certificate or permit referred to in these Regulations;
(c) in connection with any survey required by these Regulations, knowingly or recklessly furnish false information;
(d) with intent to deceive, use, lend, or allow to be used by another, a certificate or permit referred to in these Regulations;
(e) fail to surrender a certificate or permit required to be surrendered under paragraph (2) above; or
(f) in Scotland forge any certificate or permit referred to in these Regulations.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/3188/regulation/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-high-speed-craft-regulations-1996/regulation-11
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