{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-high-speed-craft-regulations-1996/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-high-speed-craft-regulations-1996/regulation-8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/3188",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (High-Speed Craft) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-high-speed-craft-regulations-1996",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Issue and endorsement of Certificate and Permit by another Government",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may request, through a proper officer or otherwise, the government of a country to which the 1974 SOLAS Convention applies—\n(i) to survey a United Kingdom high-speed craft, and\n(ii) if satisfied that the requirements of the High-Speed Craft Code are complied with, to issue to the craft a High-Speed Craft Safety Certificate or authorise such issue. A certificate issued in accordance with such a request shall contain a statement that it has been so issued and shall have the same effect as if it was issued by the Secretary of State.\n(2) The Secretary of State may request, through a proper officer or otherwise, the government of a country to which the 1974 SOLAS Convention applies, if it is satisfied that the requirements of paragraphs 1.2.2 to 1.2.11 of Chapter 1 of the High-Speed Craft Code are complied with, to issue to the craft, a Permit to Operate or authorise such issue. A Permit to Operate issued in accordance with such a request shall contain a statement that it has been so issued and shall have the same effect as if it was issued by the Secretary of State.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/3188/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:29:13.405192+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."
}