{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-seamens-documents-regulations-1987/regulation-11",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-seamens-documents-regulations-1987/regulation-11.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/408",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Seamen’s Documents) Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-seamens-documents-regulations-1987",
  "path": "regulation/11",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Surrender of British Seamen’s Cards",
  "text": "(1) The holder of a British Seaman’s Card shall surrender it to the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen or a superintendent—\n(a) forthwith, upon his ceasing to be a British seaman or upon the card being defaced; and\n(b) on demand, after he has ceased to have the right of abode.\n(2) A person who fails to comply with the requirements of this regulation shall be guilty of an offence.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/408/regulation/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:30:07.364027+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."
}