{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-load-line-regulations-1998/regulation-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-load-line-regulations-1998/regulation-7.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/2241",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Load Line) Regulations 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-load-line-regulations-1998",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Assignment of freeboards",
  "text": "(1) The Assigning Authority shall assign freeboards to a United Kingdom ship in accordance with the requirements of these Regulations.\n(2) The Assigning Authority shall—\n(a) determine the particulars of the freeboards to be assigned;\n(b) determine which of the load lines described in Part III are to be marked on the sides of the ship in accordance with the requirements of that Part;\n(c) determine the position where the load lines, the deck-line and the load line mark are to be so marked; and\n(d) complete a copy of the record of particulars relating to the conditions of assignment.\n(3) Where a passenger ship is marked with subdivision load lines, and the lowest of those lines is lower than the line which is the appropriate load line then that subdivision load line shall have effect as if it is the appropriate load line for the purposes of these Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/2000/1335",
      "affecting_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Load Line) (Amendment) Regulations 2000"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/2241/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:18:50.366535+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."
}