# The Merchant Shipping (Polar Code) (Safety) Regulations 2021 (revoked) S.I. 2021/1401 · made 13 December 2021 · revised to 1 January 2026 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-polar-code-safety-regulations-2021-revoked/pdf/uksi_20211401_en.pdf; UK Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-polar-code-safety-regulations-2021-revoked/pdf/uksiem_20211401_en.pdf ## Introductory text Merchant Shipping Made 13th December 2021 Laid before Parliament 15th December 2021 Coming into force 6th January 2022 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 1: Preliminary ## 1 Citation, commencement and extent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Ambulatory reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Exemptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Equivalents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Alternative design and arrangements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Approvals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Approval of training providers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Appeal against refusal, alteration, suspension or cancellation of an approval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Amendment of the Merchant Shipping (Fees) Regulations 2018 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 2: Ship requirements and certification ## 12 Requirements for ships operating in polar waters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Seafarers on a ship operating in polar waters – basic training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Seafarers on a ship operating in polar waters – advanced training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Application for a certificate of proficiency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Seafarers on a ship operating in polar waters – other training provision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Refusal to issue or revalidate, suspension or cancellation of a certificate of proficiency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Certification required to operate in polar waters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Duration and validity of Polar Ship Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Responsibilities of owner and master . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Procedure to be adopted when the ship is deficient . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Cancellation of Polar Ship Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Issue of Polar Ship Certificate by another Convention country . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Request for a survey made by another Convention country . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Arbitration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 3: Control and enforcement ## 26 Offences and penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Detention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Review of the Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/1401 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-polar-code-safety-regulations-2021-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.