# The Merchant Shipping (Load Line) Regulations 1998, Regulation 37: Detention


(1) Any ship which, in contravention of regulation 6(1), proceeds or attempts to proceed to sea without being surveyed and marked may be detained until it has been so surveyed and marked.
(2) Any ship which does not comply with the conditions of assignment applicable to it shall be liable to be detained until it complies.
(3) Without prejudice to any proceedings under regulation 33, any ship which is loaded in contravention of regulation 6(3) may be detained until it ceases to be so loaded.
(4) In any case where a ship is liable to be detained section 284 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (which relates to the detention of a ship) shall have effect in relation to the ship, subject to the modification that as if for the words “this Act” wherever they appear, there were substituted the words “the Merchant Shipping (Load Lines) Regulations 1998”.
(5) The provisions of sections 96 and 97 (except section 96(3) and the words “as a dangerously unsafe ship” in section 96(5) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 shall apply in relation to a detention notice issued pursuant to this regulation as they apply in relation to detention notices issued pursuant to section 95, and in such application “the relevant inspector” means a person issuing the detention notice.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/2241/regulation/37 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-load-line-regulations-1998/regulation-37
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