{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-pilot-boats-regulations-1991/regulation-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-pilot-boats-regulations-1991/regulation-7.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1991/65",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Pilot Boats) Regulations 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-pilot-boats-regulations-1991",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Provisions governing Pilot Boat Certificates",
  "text": "(1) A Pilot Boat Certificate shall be in the form set out in the Schedule to these Regulations and, subject to the provisions of regulation 9 of these Regulations, shall have a period of validity not exceeding 4 years from the date of issue.\n(2) The Pilot Boat Certificate shall be displayed in a prominent position within the pilot boat.\n(3) A certified copy of the Pilot Boat Certificate shall be retained by the competent harbour authority and, where appropriate, a certified copy shall be retained also by the owner of the boat.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/65/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:53:06.383083+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."
}