{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-seamens-documents-regulations-1987/regulation-29",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-seamens-documents-regulations-1987/regulation-29.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/29",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "29",
  "heading": "Applications relating to seamen’s documents",
  "text": "An application for the issue of a seaman’s document or for the endorsement of a British Seaman’s Card under regulation 8 shall be made in writing to the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen or a superintendent, and\n(a) where—\n(i) in the case of an application for a British Seaman’s Card, the applicant surrenders to the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen or a superintendent a British Seaman’s Card held by him; or\n(ii) in the case of an application for a discharge book, the applicant produces to the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen or a superintendent a discharge book or a Seaman’s Record Book held by him; or\n(iii) in the case of an application for a British Seaman’s Card or for a discharge book, it appears to the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen or a superintendent that the applicant has lost his latest British Seaman’s Card or discharge book (as the case may be) and that the Secretary of State has in his possession particulars of any of the matters set out in Schedule 3;\nshall state the applicant’s name and particulars of such of the other matters set out in Schedule 3 to these Regulations as are not correctly stated in the document (if any) surrendered or produced in accordance with this paragraph, or in the particulars referred to in sub-paragraph (iii) above; and\n(b) in any other case, shall state particulars of the matters required for the application set out in Schedule 3;\nand the applicant shall furnish to the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen or a superintendent such documents (including in the case of an application for both a British Seaman’s Card and a discharge book, 4 copies, and in any other case 2 copies, of a recent head and shoulders photograph of himself measuring 50 mm by 50 mm (2 inches by 2 inches)) and such other evidence as he may require for the proper consideration of the application.",
  "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/29",
    "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."
}