{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-international-safety-management-ism-code-regulations-2026/regulation-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-international-safety-management-ism-code-regulations-2026/regulation-20.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2026/194",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (International Safety Management (ISM) Code) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-international-safety-management-ism-code-regulations-2026",
  "path": "regulation/20",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Issue, endorsement, suspension or cancellation of relevant documents by another Convention country",
  "text": "The Secretary of State may request the government of another Convention country to—\n(a) conduct a verification of an ISM company which owns or has assumed responsibility for the operation of a United Kingdom ship to verify compliance by that company with each requirement of the ISM Code applicable to that company;\n(b) conduct a verification of a United Kingdom ship to verify compliance by that ship with each requirement of the ISM Code applicable to that ship;\n(c) issue or endorse a Document of Compliance or an Interim Document of Compliance, if satisfied that an ISM company which owns or has assumed responsibility for the operation of a United Kingdom ship is complying with each requirement of the ISM Code applicable to that company;\n(d) issue or endorse a Safety Management Certificate or an Interim Safety Management Certificate, if satisfied that a United Kingdom ship is complying with each requirement of the ISM Code applicable to that ship;\n(e) include a statement in the relevant document that it has been issued by that government and has the same effect as if it had been issued by the Secretary of State;\n(f) cancel or suspend a relevant document which that government has issued in relation to the operation of a United Kingdom ship, when notified by the Secretary of State that—\n(i) in respect of a Document of Compliance, an application has not been made for the annual verification required by paragraph 13.4 of the ISM Code;\n(ii) in respect of a Safety Management Certificate, an application has not been made for the intermediate verification required by paragraph 13.8 of the ISM Code; or\n(iii) the Secretary of State has evidence of a major non-conformity.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/194/regulation/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:05:24.789877+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."
}