# The Merchant Shipping (Submersible Craft Construction and Survey) Regulations 1981, Regulation 2: Application


(1) These Regulations apply to any submersible craft and its supporting equipment which is:
(a) operated within waters which are in the United Kingdom or which are adjacent thereto and within the seaward limits of territorial waters, or
(b) launched or operated from, or comprising, a ship registered in the United Kingdom or a British ship not registered in the United Kingdom.
(2) These Regulation do not apply to diving bells.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1981/1098/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-submersible-craft-construction-and-survey-regulations-1981/regulation-2
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