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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-ro-ro-passenger-ship-survivability-regulations-1997/regulation-8",
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  "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/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Significant wave heights for domestic routes",
  "text": "In the case of ships operating as Class II(A) ships the Secretary of State may approve the use of significant wave heights other than the significant wave heights specified in Annex 1 to the Agreement for the purpose of determining the height of water when applying the technical standards contained in Annex 2 to the Agreement.",
  "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/8",
    "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."
}