{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-ro-ro-passenger-ships-stability-regulations-2004/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-ro-ro-passenger-ships-stability-regulations-2004/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2004/2884",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Ro-Ro Passenger Ships) (Stability) Regulations 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-ro-ro-passenger-ships-stability-regulations-2004",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Application",
  "text": "(1) These Regulations shall apply to:\n(a) a United Kingdom ro-ro passenger ship operating to or from a port in the United Kingdom or a port of an EEA State on a regular service which is an international voyage, and\n(b) a non-United Kingdom ro-ro passenger ship operating to or from a port in the United Kingdom on a regular service which is an international voyage.\n(2) In addition, regulations 5(3), 6(4) and (5) and 7 to 10 of these Regulations shall apply to:\n(a) a United Kingdom ro-ro passenger ship which is a high speed craft operating on a regular scheduled service which is an international voyage to or from a port in a State which is party to the Stockholm Agreement,\n(b) a non-United Kingdom ro-ro passenger ship which is a high speed craft operating on a regular scheduled service which is an international voyage to or from a port in the United Kingdom, and\n(c) a ro-ro passenger ship, including a ro-ro passenger ship which is a high speed craft, which is operating in the United Kingdom on a regular scheduled service which is not an international voyage, in the course of which the ship or craft is more than 15 miles from a place of refuge or more than 5 miles from the line of the coast, where shipwrecked persons can land, corresponding to the medium tide height.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 3(1)(a) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Merchant Shipping (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1221), reg. 2(b), Sch. para. 21(3); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 3 in force at 29.11.2004, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/2884/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:16:03.971839+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."
}