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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-prevention-of-oil-pollution-regulations-2019/regulation-9",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2019/42",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Oil Pollution) Regulations 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-prevention-of-oil-pollution-regulations-2019",
  "path": "regulation/9",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Authorisation of Certifying Authorities",
  "text": "A person authorised by the Secretary of State as a Certifying Authority must be authorised in accordance with—\n(a) the Convention; and\n(b) the RO Code .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "The requirements of the RO Code are implemented by way of Regulation (EC) No. 391/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23rd April 2009 on common rules and standards for ship inspection and survey organisations, and related tertiary legislation."
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 9 in force at 1.3.2019, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/42/regulation/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:49:16.006935+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."
}