{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-polar-code-safety-regulations-2025/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-polar-code-safety-regulations-2025/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2025/1234",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Polar Code) (Safety) Regulations 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-polar-code-safety-regulations-2025",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Ambulatory reference",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations, any reference to Chapter XIV or the Polar Code is to be construed—\n(a) as a reference to Chapter XIV or the Polar Code as modified from time to time; and\n(b) as, if Chapter XIV or the Polar Code is replaced, a reference to the replacement.\n(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), Chapter XIV or the Polar Code is modified or replaced if the modification or replacement takes effect in accordance with Article VIII of the Convention.\n(3) A modification or replacement of Chapter XIV or the Polar Code has effect at the time such modification or replacement comes into force in accordance with Article VIII of the Convention.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/1234/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:09:13.920981+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."
}