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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-international-safety-management-ism-code-regulations-2026/regulation-4",
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  "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/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Ambulatory reference",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations, any reference to Chapter II-2 or Chapter X of the SOLAS Convention, the STCW Convention, the ISM Code or the RO Code is to be construed as—\n(a) a reference to that Chapter, the STCW Convention, the ISM Code or the RO Code, as modified from time to time; and\n(b) if that Chapter, the STCW Convention, the ISM Code or the RO Code is replaced, a reference to the replacement.\n(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)—\n(a) Chapter II-2 or Chapter X of the SOLAS Convention, the ISM Code and Parts 1 or 2 of the RO Code are modified or replaced if the modification or replacement takes effect in accordance with Article VIII of the SOLAS Convention;\n(b) Part 3 of the RO Code is modified or replaced if the modification or replacement is adopted by a Resolution of the Maritime Safety Committee of the IMO in accordance with the rules of procedure which apply to that Committee;\n(c) the STCW Convention is modified or replaced if the modification or replacement takes effect in accordance with Article XII of the STCW Convention.\n(3) A modification or replacement of a Chapter of the SOLAS Convention or of the ISM Code or of Part 1 or 2 of the RO Code has effect at the time such modification or replacement comes into force in accordance with Article VIII of the SOLAS Convention.\n(4) A modification or replacement of Part 3 of the RO Code has effect at the time such modification or replacement comes into force in accordance with the Resolution under which it is adopted.\n(5) A modification or replacement of the STCW Convention has effect at the time such modification or replacement comes into force in accordance with Article XII of the STCW Convention.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Chapter II-2 (fire protection, fire detection and fire extinction) in the Annex to the SOLAS Convention (see the footnote to the definition of the SOLAS Convention in regulation 3 of these Regulations). Chapter II-2 was replaced in full by IMO Resolution MSC.1(45) and further amended by IMO Resolutions MSC.6(48), MSC.13(57), MSC.22(59), MSC.24(60), MSC.27(61), MSC.31(63), MSC.57(67), MSC.99(73), MSC.134(76), MSC.194(80), MSC.201(81), MSC.216(82), MSC.256(84), MSC.269(85), MSC.291(87), MSC.307(88), MSC.308(88), MSC.338(91), MSC.365(93), MSC.380(94), MSC.392(95), MSC.403(96), MSC.404(96), MSC.409(97), MSC.410(97) and MSC.421(98). The amendments to Chapter II-2 are available from the IMO at 4 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7SR or found on the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office treaties database (https://treaties.fco.gov.uk/responsive/app/consolidatedSearch).IMO Resolutions are also available at https://www.imo.org/en/KnowledgeCentre/IndexofIMOResolutions/Pages/MSC.aspx."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Chapter X (safety measures for high speed craft) in the Annex to the SOLAS Convention was adopted by Resolution I of the SOLAS Conference on 24th May 1994 and came into force on 1st January 1996. Resolution I is available from the IMO at 4 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7SR and can be found on the FCDO treaties database (https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/responsive/app/consolidatedSearch). Chapter X was amended by IMO Resolution MSC.99(73) (Cm 6001), which is also available from the IMO and at https://www.imo.org/en/knowledgecentre/indexofimoresolutions/pages/msc.aspx ."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/194/regulation/4",
    "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."
}