# The Merchant Shipping (Nuclear Ships) Regulations 2022, Regulation 6: Approvals

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) The Secretary of State, or any person authorised by the Secretary of State, may give an approval in relation to a United Kingdom nuclear ship for anything in the Nuclear Code requiring to be—
(a) approved by the ship’s flag administration;
(b) done to the satisfaction of such administration; or
(c) acceptable to that administration.
(2) An approval given under—
(a) paragraph (1);
(b) regulation 7 (safety assessment);
(c) regulation 10 (approval of reactor installation);
(ca) regulation 13(3) (approval of change to safety assessment in operational phase);
(d) regulation 14 (operating manual);
(e) regulation 18(1) (manning and training); or
(f) regulation 20 (surveys of United Kingdom nuclear ships),
may, on the giving of reasonable notice, be continued, altered or cancelled.
(3) An approval mentioned in paragraph (2) or a continuation, alteration or cancellation under that paragraph, must—
(a) be in writing;
(b) specify the date on which it takes effect; and
(c) specify the terms, if any, on which it is given.
(4) The requirement that an approval mentioned in paragraph (2), or a continuation, alteration or cancellation under that paragraph, be in writing is satisfied where the text of the approval, continuation, alteration or cancellation is—
(a) transmitted by electronic means;
(b) received in legible form; and
(c) capable of being used for subsequent reference.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/1169/regulation/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-nuclear-ships-regulations-2022/regulation-6
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