# The Merchant Shipping (High-Speed Craft) Regulations 1996, Regulation 16: Power to detain


In any case where a high-speed craft does not comply with the requirements of these Regulations, the craft 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 high-speed craft, subject to the modification that as if for the words “the Act,” wherever they appear, there were substituted the words “the Merchant Shipping (High-Speed Craft) Regulations 1996”, and for the word “ship” there were substituted “high-speed craft”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/3188/regulation/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-high-speed-craft-regulations-1996/regulation-16
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