{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-ship-to-ship-transfers-regulations-2020/regulation-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-ship-to-ship-transfers-regulations-2020/regulation-7.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2020/94",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Ship-to-Ship Transfers) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-ship-to-ship-transfers-regulations-2020",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Authorisation of cargo transfers",
  "text": "(1) A harbour authority may only authorise a cargo transfer which is within the scope permitted by the harbour authority’s oil transfer licence.\n(2) The authorisation of a cargo transfer by a harbour authority is valid only if given—\n(a) on receipt of a written application for authorisation,\n(b) in advance of a cargo transfer, and\n(c) in writing.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/94/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:34:11.241635+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."
}