{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-international-safety-management-ism-code-regulations-1998/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-international-safety-management-ism-code-regulations-1998/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/1561",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (International Safety Management (ISM) Code) Regulations 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-international-safety-management-ism-code-regulations-1998",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Duty to hold certificates",
  "text": "(1) No company shall operate a ship unless that company holds a valid Document of Compliance.\n(2) No company shall operate a ship unless there is in force in respect of that ship a valid Safety Management Certificate.\n(3) No United Kingdom ship shall be operated unless:\n(a) the company holds a Document of Compliance issued or accepted by the Secretary of State; and\n(b) there is in force in relation to the ship a Safety Management Certificate issued by the Secretary of State.\n(4) For the purposes of this regulation a Document of Compliance or Safety Management Certificate is not valid if it has not been endorsed, in the circumstances required by the ISM Code, showing, in the case of a Document of Compliance satisfactory annual audits, or in the case of a Safety Management Certificate, a satisfactory intermediate audit.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1561/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:26:40.624106+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."
}