# The Merchant Shipping (International Load Line Convention) (Amendment) Regulations 2018, Regulation 24: Authorisation of removal etc., of appropriate marks

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

After the appropriate marks have been made on a ship—
(a) it is the duty of the owner and master to keep the ship so marked; and
(b) the marks must not be concealed, removed, altered, defaced or obliterated except with the authority of the Assigning Authority.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/155/regulation/24 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-international-load-line-convention-amendment-regulations-2018/regulation-24
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