{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-small-workboats-and-pilot-boats-regulations-2023/regulation-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-small-workboats-and-pilot-boats-regulations-2023/regulation-9.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/9",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Requirement for a certificate",
  "text": "A vessel must not be operated unless—\n(a) it has a valid certificate required under the Workboat Code Edition 3 for that vessel,\n(b) in the case of a workboat or a pilot boat, a valid certificate is retained on board the vessel or if this is not reasonably practicable, is available for immediate inspection on shore,\n(c) in the case of a remotely operated unmanned vessel, a valid certificate is available for immediate inspection at the remote operation centre,\n(d) the vessel complies with the requirements of the Workboat Code Edition 3 (including any requirements as to operation, manning and maintenance), and\n(e) in the case of a pilot boat, such a vessel has been surveyed and a pilot boat certificate or a workboat certificate with a pilot boat endorsement has been issued in accordance with the Workboat Code Edition 3.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 9 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/9",
    "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."
}