# Merchant Shipping (Loading and Stability Assessment of Ro/Ro Passenger Ships) Regulations 1989, Regulation 9: Approval of loading conditions for Class IV ships


(1) Where a ship of Class IV plies regularly to and from the same places, in conditions of loading which correspond closely to conditions of loading which are clearly specified in the stability information booklet, the owner may apply to the Secretary of State for approval of the adoption of the conditions so specified for the purposes of loading in accordance with this regulation.
(2) The Secretary of State may, subject to such conditions as he thinks fit, approve the conditions of loading so specified for the purposes of this regulation if he is satisfied that each such specified condition of loading allows a sufficient margin of stability beyond the minimum required for safety purposes, to allow for small variations which might occur between a specified condition of loading and the actual loading of the ship.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/100/regulation/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-loading-and-stability-assessment-of-roro-passenger-ships-regulations-1989/regulation-9
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