{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-survey-and-certification-regulations-2015/regulation-13C",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-survey-and-certification-regulations-2015/regulation-13C.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/13C",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "13C",
  "heading": "Issue of Industrial Personnel Safety Certificates in respect of cargo ships and high speed cargo craft",
  "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 an Industrial Personnel Safety Certificate in respect of that ship; or\n(b) endorse the Industrial Personnel Safety 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 assessing the ship’s compliance with Part 2 of the IP and SPS Regulations (requirements for cargo ships and high speed cargo craft carrying industrial personnel) has been satisfactorily completed; and\n(b) the ship has been issued with any certificate or certificates applicable to it under regulation 13 (issue of certificates to United Kingdom ships engaged on international or short international voyages).\n(3) Where an Industrial Personnel Safety Certificate has been issued in respect of a ship under paragraph (1)(a), any statement of compliance held by that ship ceases to be valid.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Regs. 13C, 13D inserted (19.1.2026) by The Merchant Shipping (Safety Measures for Ships Carrying Industrial Personnel and Special Personnel) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1298), reg. 1(1), Sch. para. 5 (with reg. 4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/508/regulation/13C",
    "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."
}