{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-submersible-craft-operations-regulations-1987/regulation-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-submersible-craft-operations-regulations-1987/regulation-9.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/9",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Qualifications of pilots",
  "text": "No person shall be qualified to pilot a submersible craft unless he has—\n(a) had previous experience in, and is competent in, the operation of the submersible craft which he is to pilot; or\n(b) (i) received adequate theoretical and practical instruction in the operation of that submersible craft under the supervision of a person who is himself qualified under paragraph (a) above to operate that submersible craft; and\n(ii) demonstrated his ability to control the submersible craft and shown himself to have the necessary practical and theoretical knowledge of the submersible craft; and\n(c) holds a current medical certificate issued not more than 12 months previously by an approved doctor certifying that he is fit to perform the duties of a pilot in that type of submersible craft.",
  "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/9",
    "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."
}