{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-survey-and-certification-regulations-1995/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-survey-and-certification-regulations-1995/regulation-2.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/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Application and exemption",
  "text": "(1) These Regulations apply to United Kingdom ships wherever they may be and to other ships whilst they are in United Kingdom waters, but not to fishing vessels or pleasure vessels.\n(2) The Secretary of State may grant exemptions from all or any of the provisions of these Regulations (as may be specified in the exemption) on such terms (if any) as he may so specify and may, subject to giving reasonable notice, alter or cancel any such exemption.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1996/3188",
      "affecting_title": "The Merchant Shipping (High-Speed Craft) Regulations 1996"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2010/680",
      "affecting_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Passenger Ships) (Safety Code for UK Categorised Waters) Regulations 2010"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2010/1075",
      "affecting_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Technical Requirements for Inland Waterway Vessels) Regulations 2010"
    },
    {
      "type": "revoked",
      "affecting": "uksi/2010/1075",
      "affecting_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Technical Requirements for Inland Waterway Vessels) Regulations 2010"
    },
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2004/302",
      "affecting_title": "The Merchant Shipping (High Speed Craft) Regulations 2004"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/1210/regulation/2",
    "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."
}