# The Merchant Shipping (Passenger Boarding Cards) Regulations 1988, Regulation 2: Operation of a boarding card system


(1) The owner of a passenger ship shall ensure that there is a system of individual passenger boarding cards which—
(a) conforms to the requirements stated in the Notice; and
(b) if so required by the Notice is approved by the Secretary of State.
(2) No passenger shall be permitted to board a passenger ship unless he has been issued with an individual boarding card.
(3) No passenger ship shall leave its berth before the total number of passengers on board has been determined by means of the boarding card system and the master informed of that number.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/191/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-passenger-boarding-cards-regulations-1988/regulation-2
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