# The Merchant Shipping (Load Line) Regulations 1998, Regulation 23: Authorisation of removal, etc., of appropriate marks


After the appropriate marks have been made on a ship,
(a) it shall be the duty of the owner and master to keep the ship so marked; and
(b) the marks shall not be concealed, removed, altered, defaced or obliterated except with the authority of the Assigning Authority.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/2241/regulation/23 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-load-line-regulations-1998/regulation-23
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