{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-high-speed-offshore-service-craft-regulations-2022/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-high-speed-offshore-service-craft-regulations-2022/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2022/41",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (High Speed Offshore Service Craft) Regulations 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-high-speed-offshore-service-craft-regulations-2022",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Merchant Shipping\nMade 13th January 2022\nLaid before Parliament 18th January 2022\nComing into force- 9th February 2022\nThe Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 85(1), (1B), (3), (5), (6) and (7) and 86(1) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995.\nThe Secretary of State has consulted the persons referred to in section 86(4) of that Act.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Regulations excluded (13.12.2023) by The Merchant Shipping (Small Workboats and Pilot Boats) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1216), regs. 1(1), 5, Sch. 1 (with regs. 4, 6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1995 c. 21 (“the 1995 Act”). Section 85(1)(b) was substituted by section 8(2) of the Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997 (c. 28) (“the 1997 Act”). Section 85(1B) was inserted by section 8(3) of the 1997 Act. Section 85(3) was amended by section 8(4)(b) of the 1997 Act. The 1995 Act applies to hovercraft by virtue of S.I. 1972/971."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/41/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:04:57.582265+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."
}