{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-survey-and-certification-regulations-1995/regulation-13",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-survey-and-certification-regulations-1995/regulation-13.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1995/1210",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Survey and Certification) Regulations 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-survey-and-certification-regulations-1995",
  "path": "regulation/13",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Duration and validity of certificates",
  "text": "(1) The duration of certificates issued under regulation 10 shall be as follows:\n(a) a Passenger Ship Safety Certificate and a short international voyage Passenger Ship Safety Certificate shall be issued for a period of validity not exceeding 12 months;\n(b) a Cargo Ship Safety Radio Certificate shall be issued for a period of validity not exceeding 12 months;\n(c) a Cargo Ship Safety Equipment Certificate shall be issued for a period of validity not exceeding 24 months;\n(d) a Cargo Ship Safety Construction Certificate shall be issued for a period of validity not exceeding five years.\n(2) The duration of certificates issued under regulation 11 shall be as follows:\n(a) a Passenger Certificate shall be issued for a period of validity not exceeding 12 months;\n(b) a United Kingdom Cargo Ship Safety Construction Certificate shall be issued for a period of validity not exceeding five years.\n(3) A certificate shall cease to be valid:\n(a) if its period of validity has been exceeded and the certificate has not been extended when permitted by regulation 15;\n(b) if annual and intermediate surveys have not been carried out in accordance with these Regulations and the certificate has not been endorsed;\n(c) upon the transfer of a ship to the flag of another government;",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1996/2418",
      "affecting_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Survey and Certification) (Amendment) Regulations 1996"
    },
    {
      "type": "added",
      "affecting": "uksi/1996/2418",
      "affecting_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Survey and Certification) (Amendment) Regulations 1996"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2000/1334",
      "affecting_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Survey and Certification) (Amendment) Regulations 2000"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/1210/regulation/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:10:08.921449+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."
}