# The Merchant Shipping (Seamen’s Documents) Regulations 1987, Regulation 17: Application for discharge books


(1) A person applying for a discharge book shall—
(a) make an application in accordance with regulation 29; and
(b) unless it has been lost or destroyed, produce to the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen or a superintendent the latest discharge book or Seaman’s Record Book if any, previously held by him.
(2) Any person required under the provisions of regulation 15(1) to apply for a discharge book who fails to make an application for a discharge book in accordance with these Regulations shall be guilty of an offence.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/408/regulation/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-seamens-documents-regulations-1987/regulation-17
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