{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-seamens-documents-regulations-1987/regulation-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-seamens-documents-regulations-1987/regulation-18.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/18",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Issue of discharge books",
  "text": "(1) If a person applying for a discharge book—\n(a) is required under the provisions of regulation 15(1) to apply for a discharge book; and\n(b) has paid the fee (if any) prescribed;\nthe Secretary of State shall issue to him a discharge book containing the particulars specified in Schedule 3.\n(2) If a person applying for a discharge book—\n(a) is not required under the provisions of regulation 15(1) to apply for a discharge book;\n(b) is, or has been employed in a ship registered in the United Kingdom; and\n(c) has paid the fee (if any) prescribed;\nthe Secretary of State may issue to him a discharge book containing the particulars specified in Schedule 3.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1999/3281",
      "affecting_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Seamen’s Documents) (Amendment) Regulations 1999"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/408/regulation/18",
    "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."
}