{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-small-workboats-and-pilot-boats-regulations-2023/regulation-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-small-workboats-and-pilot-boats-regulations-2023/regulation-16.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2023/1216",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Small Workboats and Pilot Boats) Regulations 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-small-workboats-and-pilot-boats-regulations-2023",
  "path": "regulation/16",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Cancellation of a certificate",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may give notice that a certificate issued under these Regulations is cancelled where there is reason to believe that—\n(a) the certificate was issued on the basis of false or erroneous information;\n(b) since any survey required by these Regulations, the structure, equipment or machinery has sustained damage or is otherwise deficient.\n(2) The Secretary of State may require a certificate issued under these Regulations which has expired, or has been cancelled, to be surrendered.\n(3) The Secretary of State must give notice in writing of any cancellation to—\n(a) the owner or master of the vessel,\n(b) the surveyor of the vessel,\n(c) the competent harbour authority in the case of a pilot boat or workboat with a pilot boat endorsement, and\n(d) the Certifying Authority where the Certifying Authority is not the Secretary of State.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 16 in force at 13.12.2023, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1216/regulation/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:38:38.808529+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."
}