# The Merchant Shipping (Small Workboats and Pilot Boats) Regulations 2023, Regulation 17: Prohibited acts in relation to certificates

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

A person must not—
(a) intentionally alter a certificate issued under these Regulations,
(b) intentionally make a false certificate for the purposes of these Regulations,
(c) knowingly or recklessly furnish false documents or information for the purpose of obtaining for any vessel a certificate required under these Regulations,
(d) with intent to deceive, use, lend, or allow to be used by another, a certificate issued under these Regulations, or
(e) fail to surrender a certificate required to be surrendered under regulation 16(2).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1216/regulation/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-small-workboats-and-pilot-boats-regulations-2023/regulation-17
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