{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-ro-ro-passenger-ship-survivability-regulations-1994/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-ro-ro-passenger-ship-survivability-regulations-1994/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1994/422",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Ro-Ro Passenger Ship Survivability) Regulations 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-ro-ro-passenger-ship-survivability-regulations-1994",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation.",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\n“Administration” means the Maritime Administration of a party to the Agreement;\n“Agreement” means the Agreement dated 27th July 1993 and set out in Merchant Shipping Notice 1541 between the parties set out in appendix 1 to that notice and includes any amendment (including the addition of a party to that agreement) to the Agreement considered by the Secretary of State relevant from time to time and set out in a Merchant Shipping Notice;\n“Merchant Shipping Notice” means a Notice described as such and issued by the Department of Transport; and any reference to a particular Merchant Shipping Notice includes a reference to any document amending or replacing that Notice which is considered by the Secretary of State to be relevant from time to time and is specified in a Merchant Shipping Notice;\n“non-UK ro-ro passenger ship” means a ro-ro passenger ship which is not a United Kingdom ro-ro passenger ship;\n“post-1990 ship” means a passenger ship the keel of which was laid, or was at a similar stage of construction, on or after 29th April 1990 or a cargo ship which is converted to a passenger ship on or after that date;\n“ro-ro passenger ship” means a passenger ship provided with cargo or vehicle spaces not normally subdivided in any way and extending to either a substantial length or the entire length of the ship in which vehicles or cargo can be loaded or unloaded in a horizontal direction;\n“the 1980 Regulations” means the Merchant Shipping (Passenger Ship Construction) Regulations 1980;\n“the 1984 Regulations” means the Merchant Shipping (Passenger Ship Construction and Survey) Regulations 1984;\n“United Kingdom ro-ro passenger ship” means a ro-ro passenger ship which is a United Kingdom ship.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I.1980/535; relevant amendments are S.I.1988/1693, and S.I. 1990/892."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I.1984/1216; relevant amendment is S.I.1990/892."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/422/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:40:46.034221+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."
}