{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-high-speed-craft-regulations-1996/regulation-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-high-speed-craft-regulations-1996/regulation-9.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/9",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "High-speed craft not registered in the United Kingdom and to which the 1974 SOLAS Convention applies",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may, at the request of a government of a country to which the 1974 SOLAS Convention applies, survey a high-speed craft registered in that country and, if satisfied that the requirements of the High-Speed Craft Code are complied with, and that a survey has been satisfactorily completed in accordance with these Regulations, issue to the craft a High-Speed Craft Safety Certificate and, where appropriate, endorse such certificates in accordance with the requirements of the Convention. 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 that government and not by the Secretary of State.\n(2) The Secretary of State may, at the request of a government of a country to which the 1974 SOLAS Convention applies, and if he is satisfied that paragraphs 1.2.2 to 1.2.11 of Chapter 1 of the High-Speed Craft Code are complied with, issue to the craft a Permit to Operate. A Permit to Operate issued in accordance with such a request shall contain a statement that it has been so issued and shall have effect as if it was issued by the government of the requesting country and not by the Secretary of State.\n(3) This regulation applies to craft operated or intended to be operated on international voyages.",
  "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/9",
    "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."
}