{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-navigational-equipment-regulations-1993/regulation-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-navigational-equipment-regulations-1993/regulation-12.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1993/69",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Navigational Equipment) Regulations 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-navigational-equipment-regulations-1993",
  "path": "regulation/12",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "The magnetic compass installation",
  "text": "(1) Except in the case of United Kingdom ships having Passenger Certificates of Class IV, VI or VI(A), the magnetic compass installation shall comprise:\n(a) a standard magnetic compass, fitted on the centre line of the ship and mounted on a binnacle.\n(b) a steering magnetic compass, fitted on the centre line of the ship and mounted on a binnacle, unless heading information provided by the standard compass required under (a) is available to and is clearly readable by the helmsman at the main steering position;\n(c) adequate means of communication between the standard compass position and the normal navigation control position; and\n(d) means for taking bearings as nearly as practicable over an arc of the horizon of 360°.\n(2) In the case of United Kingdom ships having Passenger Certificates of Class IV, VI or VI(A) the magnetic compass installation shall comprise one efficient magnetic compass at the steering position.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2000/2687",
      "affecting_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Passenger Ships on Domestic Voyages) Regulations 2000"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/69/regulation/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:06:49.065022+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."
}