{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-oil-pollution-bunkers-convention-regulations-2006/regulation-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-oil-pollution-bunkers-convention-regulations-2006/regulation-18.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2006/1244",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) (Bunkers Convention) Regulations 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-oil-pollution-bunkers-convention-regulations-2006",
  "path": "regulation/18",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Issue of certificate by Secretary of State",
  "text": "(1) Section 164 (issue of certificate by Secretary of State) is amended as follows.\n(2) In subsection (1)—\n(a) for “section 163”, there is substituted “section 163(2)”; and\n(b) for “owner”, there is substituted “registered owner”.\n(3) After subsection (1), there is inserted—\n“(1A) Subject to subsection (2) below, if the Secretary of State is satisfied, on the application for such a certificate as is mentioned in section 163A(2) in respect of a United Kingdom ship or a ship registered in any country which is not a Bunkers Convention country, that there will be in force in respect of the ship, throughout the period for which the certificate is to be issued, a contract of insurance or other security satisfying the requirements of Article 7 of the Bunkers Convention, the Secretary of State shall issue such a certificate to the registered owner.”.\n(4) For subsection (2), there is substituted—\n“(2) The Secretary of State may refuse the certificate if he is of the opinion that there is a doubt whether—\n(a) the person providing the insurance or other security will be able to meet his obligations thereunder; or\n(b) the insurance or other security will cover the registered owner’s liability under section 153, or the owner’s liability under section 153A, as the case may be.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/1244/regulation/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:29:26.534243+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."
}