{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-minimum-standards-of-safety-communications-regulations-1997/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-minimum-standards-of-safety-communications-regulations-1997/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/529",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Minimum Standards of Safety Communications) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-minimum-standards-of-safety-communications-regulations-1997",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\n“chemical tanker” means a ship constructed and used for the carriage in bulk of any liquid chemical listed in the “Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk” published by the International Maritime Organisation, in force on 22nd November 1994;\n“liquefied gas tanker” means a ship constructed and used for the carriage in bulk of any liquefied gas listed in the “Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships carrying Liquefied Gases in Bulk” published by the International Maritime Organisation, in force on 22nd November 1994;\n“oil tanker” means a ship constructed and used for the carriage of petroleum and petroleum products in bulk;\n“passenger ship” means a sea-going ship which carries more than 12 passengers;\n“pleasure vessel” has the meaning given by regulation 3 of the Merchant Shipping (Vessels in Commercial Use for Sport or Pleasure) Regulations 1993;\n“United Kingdom ship” has the meaning given by section 85(2) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995.\n(2) Where a ship or hovercraft is managed by a person other than her owner (whether on behalf of the owner or some other person, or on his behalf), a reference in these Regulations to the owner shall be construed as including a reference to that person.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1993/1072."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1995 c. 21."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1999/1704",
      "affecting_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Minimum Standards of Safety Communications) (Amendment) Regulations 1999"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2004/1266",
      "affecting_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Updating of References to Maritime Conventions) Regulations 2004"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2004/1266",
      "affecting_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Updating of References to Maritime Conventions) Regulations 2004"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2004/1266",
      "affecting_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Updating of References to Maritime Conventions) Regulations 2004"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/529/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:24:01.190419+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."
}