{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-ro-ro-passenger-ship-survivability-regulations-1997/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-ro-ro-passenger-ship-survivability-regulations-1997/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/647",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Ro-Ro Passenger Ship Survivability) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-ro-ro-passenger-ship-survivability-regulations-1997",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Application",
  "text": "These Regulations apply to—\n(a) all United Kingdom ro-ro passenger ships when operating on a voyage on a regular scheduled service as ships of Classes I, II and II(A) within the meaning of the 1984 Regulations; and\n(b) all non-United Kingdom ro-ro passenger ships when operating on a voyage on a regular scheduled service as ships of those Classes, whilst they are within United Kingdom waters while proceeding to or from a port in the United Kingdom.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/647/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:22:54.300836+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."
}