{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-load-line-amendment-regulations-2000/regulation-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-load-line-amendment-regulations-2000/regulation-17.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2000/1335",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Load Line) (Amendment) Regulations 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-load-line-amendment-regulations-2000",
  "path": "regulation/17",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "For regulation 11 there shall be substituted—\n“Certificates ceasing to be valid, and surrender and cancellation of certificates\n11 (1) An appropriate certificate issued in respect of a United Kingdom ship shall cease to be valid where—\n(a) material alterations have taken place in the hull or superstructures of the ship such as would necessitate the assignment of an increased freeboard;\n(b) the fittings and appliances mentioned in regulation 8(1)(c)(ii) are not maintained in an effective condition;\n(c) the certificate is not endorsed in accordance with regulation 8(3) to show the ship has been surveyed in accordance with regulation 8(1)(c);\n(d) the structural strength of the ship is lowered to such an extent that the ship is unsafe;\n(e) a new certificate is issued in respect of the ship; or\n(f) the ship ceases to be a United Kingdom ship.\n(2) The Secretary of State may cancel an appropriate certificate issued in respect of a United Kingdom ship if he is satisfied that—\n(a) the certificate was issued on false or erroneous information;\n(b) information on the basis of which freeboards were assigned to the ship was incorrect in a material particular; or\n(c) the ship ceases to comply with the conditions of assignment relating to it.\n(3) Where the Secretary of State proposes to cancel a certificate, he shall first notify the owner in writing, specifying the grounds for the proposed cancellation.\n(4) Subject to paragraph (5), the Secretary of State shall not cancel the certificate until the owner has been given a reasonable opportunity to make representations, and the Secretary of State has considered any such representations made.\n(5) Paragraph (4) shall not apply where the Secretary of State considers that urgent safety considerations so require.\n(6) The Secretary of State may require any certificate issued under these Regulations which has expired, ceased to be valid, or been cancelled, to be surrendered as he directs.\n(7) The requirement that the notification referred to in paragraph (3) should be in writing is satisfied where the text of the notification—\n(a) is transmitted by electronic means,\n(b) is received in legible form, and\n(c) is capable of being used for subsequent reference.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1335/regulation/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:10:34.603026+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."
}