{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-international-safety-management-ism-code-regulations-2026/regulation-21",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-international-safety-management-ism-code-regulations-2026/regulation-21.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/21",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": "Issue and endorsement of relevant documents on behalf of another Convention country",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may, at the request of the government of another Convention country conduct a verification in respect of—\n(a) an ISM company which owns or has assumed responsibility for the operation of a ship registered in that country, to verify compliance by the ISM company with each requirement of the ISM Code applicable to that company;\n(b) a ship which is registered in that country, to verify compliance by that ship with each requirement of the ISM Code applicable to that ship.\n(2) If the Secretary of State has verified compliance pursuant to paragraph (1)(a) or (b), the Secretary of State may, at the request of the relevant government and subject to payment of any prescribed fee by the relevant ISM company, issue, or, where appropriate, endorse—\n(a) in the case of paragraph (1)(a), a Document of Compliance or an Interim Document of Compliance in respect of that ISM company;\n(b) in the case of paragraph (1)(b), a Safety Management Certificate or an Interim Safety Management Certificate in respect of the relevant ship,\nin accordance with Part B of the ISM Code.\n(3) A relevant document issued in accordance with a request referred to in paragraph (2) must contain a statement that it has been so issued and has the same effect as if it had been issued by the relevant government and not by the Secretary of State.\n(4) The Secretary of State may, at the request of the government of another Convention country, suspend or cancel a relevant document which the Secretary of State has issued pursuant to paragraph (2).",
  "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/21",
    "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."
}