{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-section-63-inquiries-rules-1997/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-section-63-inquiries-rules-1997/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/347",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Section 63 Inquiries) Rules 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-section-63-inquiries-rules-1997",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Notice of Inquiry",
  "text": "(1) When the Secretary of State causes an inquiry to be held, he shall cause a notice (in these Rules called a “notice of inquiry”) to be served in writing on the certificate holder concerned who shall be made a party to the inquiry.\n(2) Service of such a notice shall be effected at least 30 days before the date fixed for the inquiry either by serving the certificate holder concerned personally or by sending the notice to his last known address by registered post or by the recorded delivery service.\n(3) The notice of inquiry shall state:\n(a) the facts giving rise to the inquiry;\n(b) the allegation made against the certificate holder to whom the notice is addressed and the grounds therefor;\n(c) the time and date when, and the place where, the inquiry is to be held;\n(d) the certificate holder’s rights as set out in rule 7(2) and (3) of these Rules.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "applied (with modifications)",
      "affecting": "uksi/2014/1613",
      "affecting_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Minimum Requirements for Seafarers etc.) Regulations 2014"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/347/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:25:29.190385+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."
}