{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-miscellaneous-provisions-amendments-etc-eu-exit-regulations-2018/schedule/paragraph-17",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2018/1221",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-miscellaneous-provisions-amendments-etc-eu-exit-regulations-2018",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/17",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Merchant Shipping (Mandatory Surveys for Ro-Ro Ferry and High Speed Passenger Craft) Regulations 2001",
  "text": "(1) The Merchant Shipping (Mandatory Surveys for Ro-Ro Ferry and High Speed Passenger Craft) Regulations 2001 are amended as follows.\n(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation)—\n(a) in paragraph (1), before the definition of “the Directive”, insert the following definition—\n““certificates” means—\n(a) for ro-ro ferries and high-speed passenger craft engaged in international voyages, the safety certificates issued under the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) 1974 , as amended from time to time, together with the relevant records of equipment and where appropriate exemption certificates and permits to operate;\n(b) for ro-ro ferries and high-speed passenger craft engaged on domestic voyages, the safety certificates issued in accordance with Directive 98/18/EC together with the relevant records of equipment and where appropriate exemption certificates and permits to operate;”;\n(b) in paragraph (2), for “Other”, substitute “ Subject to paragraph (3), other ”; and\n(c) after paragraph (2) insert—\n“(3) Where, in these Regulations, a reference is made to provisions of the Directive, those provisions are to be read as if a reference to a “Member State” includes the United Kingdom, and a reference to a “third state” does not include the United Kingdom.”.\n(3) In each of the paragraphs specified in sub-paragraph (4) for “another Member State or EEA State” substitute “ a Member State or an EEA State ”.\n(4) The paragraphs specified for the purpose of sub-paragraph (3) are—\n(a) in regulation 6 (initial specific surveys) paragraphs (3) and (4); and\n(b) in regulation 8 (regular specific surveys and additional surveys) paragraphs (3) and (5).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "SOLAS can be obtained from the International Maritime Organization (“IMO”) at IMO Publishing, 4 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7SR, www.imo.org/publications; email: sales@imo.org; telephone: 0207 735 7611."
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. para. 17 in force at 31.12.2020, see reg. 2(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/1221/schedule/paragraph/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:51:52.530113+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."
}