{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-passengers-rights-regulations-2013/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-passengers-rights-regulations-2013/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2013/425",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Passengers’ Rights) Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-passengers-rights-regulations-2013",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\n“the EU Regulation” means Regulation (EU) No 1177/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 concerning the rights of passengers when travelling by sea and inland waterway and amending Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004;\n“carrier”, “port”, “port authority”, “ticket vendor”, “terminal operator”, “tour operator” and “travel agent” have the same meaning as in the EU Regulation;\n“conciliation” includes mediation and any other form of alternative dispute resolution; and\n“Maritime and Coastguard Agency” means the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, an executive agency of the Department for Transport.\n(2) A reference to an Article is a reference to that Article in the EU Regulation.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in force at 27.3.2013, see reg. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ No L334, 17.12.2010, p1."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/425/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:03:04.339329+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."
}