{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-officer-nationality-regulations-1995/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-officer-nationality-regulations-1995/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1995/1427",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Officer Nationality) Regulations 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-officer-nationality-regulations-1995",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Strategic ships",
  "text": "Without prejudice to the Merchant Shipping (Certification of Deck Officers) Regulations 1985, the Merchant Shipping (Certification of Marine Engineer Officers and Licensing of Marine Engine Operators) Regulations 1986 or the Fishing Vessels (Certification of Deck Officers and Engineer Officers) Regulations 1984, the master of every strategic ship shall be:\n(a) a Commonwealth citizen; or\n(b) an EEA national; or\n(c) a national of a State (other than an EEA State) which is a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1985/1306, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1986/1935, to which there is an amendment not relevant to these Regulations."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 1984/1115."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/1427/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:08:33.477480+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."
}