{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-survey-and-certification-regulations-2015/regulation-13B",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-survey-and-certification-regulations-2015/regulation-13B.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2015/508",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Survey and Certification) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-survey-and-certification-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/13B",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "13B",
  "heading": "Issue of Polar Ship Certificate",
  "text": "(1) Where a Certifying Authority is satisfied that the conditions set out in paragraph (2) are met in respect of a United Kingdom ship, the Certifying Authority must—\n(a) issue a Polar Ship Certificate in respect of that ship; or\n(b) endorse the Polar Ship Certificate issued in respect of the ship under paragraph (a).\n(2) The conditions referred to in paragraph (1) are that—\n(a) a survey for the purpose of assessing the ship’s compliance with the Polar Code Safety Regulations has been satisfactorily completed;\n(b) the ship has been issued with the certificate or certificates applicable to it under regulation 13 (issue of certificates to United Kingdom ships engaged on international or short international voyages); and\n(c) the master, chief mate and all officers of the navigational watch hold a certificate of proficiency as required by regulation 16A or 16B of the Merchant Shipping (Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping) Regulations 2022 (requirements for a certificate of proficiency).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 13B inserted (1.1.2026) by The Merchant Shipping (Polar Code) (Safety) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1234), reg. 1(1), Sch. para. 4 (with reg. 4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/508/regulation/13B",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:44:45.416098+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."
}