{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-submersible-craft-operations-regulations-1987/regulation-11",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-submersible-craft-operations-regulations-1987/regulation-11.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/311",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Submersible Craft Operations) Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-submersible-craft-operations-regulations-1987",
  "path": "regulation/11",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Duties of pilot",
  "text": "The pilot of a submersible craft shall—\n(a) so operate the submersible craft as to ensure its safe operation and the safety of any crew and passengers;\n(b) carry out the pre- and post-dive checks described in regulation 7;\n(c) be fully conversant with the operational and emergency procedures to be adopted and shall brief any passengers and crew accordingly;\n(d) ensure that the submersible craft has an adequate reserve of buoyancy and stability;\n(e) keep a pilot’s log book, which shall contain his signature and photograph, and enter therein the matters specified in Schedule 3 which entries shall be countersigned after each dive by the operations controller;\n(f) retain that pilot’s log book for a period not less than 2 years from the date of the last entry made therein.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/311/regulation/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:31:47.806875+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."
}