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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-official-log-books-regulations-1981/schedule/part-III",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1981/569",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Official Log Books) Regulations 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-official-log-books-regulations-1981",
  "path": "schedule/part/III",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "III",
  "heading": "Entries relating to ships in respect of which a certificate has been issued under section 6 of the Merchant Shipping (Load Lines) Act 1967 and which are not exempted by regulation 3(d)",
  "text": "Column 1\nColumn 2\nColumn 3\nParticulars of entry\nSignatory\nWitness\n43\nA record of—\n(a) all the particulars stated in the Load Line Certificate issued under section 6 of the Act of 1967 currently in force in respect of the ship, relating to the freeboards assigned to the ship and the positions of deck-line and load lines;\n(b) the draught which would be shown on the scales of feet on the stem and on the stern post of the ship if it were on an even keel and so loaded that the upper edge of the summer load line marked on each side on the ship were on the surface of the water.\nThe master\nNone\n44\nA record of—\n(a) (i) the draughts shown on the scales referred to in paragraph 43(b);\n(ii) the freeboard on each side of the ship; and\n(iii) the mean freeboard;\ntaken in each case when the ship is ready to leave any dock, wharf, harbour or other place for the purpose of proceeding to sea;\n(b) the density of the water in which the ship was when the particulars referred to in sub-paragraph (a) were taken;\n(c) the allowances, if any, to be made in order to determine the mean freeboard which the ship will have when it first reaches salt water after leaving as aforesaid, being allowances in respect of—\n(i) the density of the water in which the ship was when the particulars referred to in sub-paragraph (a) were taken;\n(ii) the weight of any rubbish to be discharged overboard; and\n(iii) the weight of fuel, water and stores required for consumption before the ship reaches salt water;\n(d) the mean draught and mean free-board which the ship will have on reaching salt water, calculated after making the allowances referred to in sub-paragraph (c);\nprovided that—\n(i) sub-paragraphs (c)(ii) and (iii) do not apply to a home trade ship nor to a ship going between locations in the Near Continental trading area; and\n(ii) sub-paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) do not apply if, at the time when the particulars referred to in sub-paragraph (a) were taken, the load line indicating the maximum depth to which the ship could then be loaded in salt water was not submerged.\nThe master\nAn officer\nIn this paragraph—\n“freeboard” means\nthe distance measured vertically downwards from the upper edge of the deck-line marked on the side of the ship to the surface of the water;\n“mean freeboard” means the mean of the freeboards on each side of the ship; and\n“mean draught” means the mean of the draughts shown on the scales of feet on the stem and on the stern post of the ship.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1985/1828",
      "affecting_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Official Log Books) (Amendments) Regulations 1985"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1983/1801",
      "affecting_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Property of Deceased Seamen and Official Log Books) (Amendment) Regulations 1983"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2002/1473",
      "affecting_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Safety of Navigation) Regulations 2002"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2002/1473",
      "affecting_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Safety of Navigation) Regulations 2002"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1981/569/schedule/part/III",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T18:40:46.363407+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."
}