{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-passenger-ships-on-domestic-voyages-regulations-2000/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-passenger-ships-on-domestic-voyages-regulations-2000/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2000/2687",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Passenger Ships on Domestic Voyages) Regulations 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-passenger-ships-on-domestic-voyages-regulations-2000",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Classification of ships",
  "text": "For purposes of these Regulations passenger ships engaged on domestic voyages shall be arranged in classes as follows—\n(a) Class A ships, being ships engaged solely on domestic voyages in Areas A, B, C and D as defined in regulation 3A(1);\n(b) Class B ships, being ships engaged solely on domestic voyages in Areas B, C and D as defined in regulation 3A(1);\n(c) Class C ships, being ships engaged solely on domestic voyages in Areas C and D as defined in regulation 3A(1); and\n(d) Class D ships, being ships engaged solely on domestic voyages in Area D as defined in regulation 3A(1).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Regs. 3, 3A substituted for reg. 3 (1.1.2021) by The Merchant Shipping (Safety Standards for Passenger Ships on Domestic Voyages) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1222), regs. 1, 2(4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/2687/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:13:03.462690+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."
}