{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-registration-of-ships-regulations-1993/regulation-116",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-registration-of-ships-regulations-1993/regulation-116.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1993/3138",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Regulations 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-registration-of-ships-regulations-1993",
  "path": "regulation/116",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "116",
  "heading": "Validity of old certificates",
  "text": "Subject to regulation 116A an old certificate shall remain in force until either:\n(a) a new certificate is issued under these Regulations; or\n(b) the certificate has expired, in accordance with the following table:\nAge of ship\nDate of expiry of certificate\nRegistered ships (other than those on Part II (fishing vessels) and Part III (small ships) with a year of build before:\n1st January 1950\n31st March 1999\n1st January 1970\n31st March 2000\n1st January 1975\n31st March 2001\n1st January 1989\n31st March 2002\n20th March 1994\n31st March 2003\nwhichever shall be the earlier.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 116 substituted (1.1.1999) by The Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/2976), regs. 1, 23"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 116 in force at 21.3.1994, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/3138/regulation/116",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:44:37.150051+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."
}