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Regulation 25C Limit on the number of persons on special purpose shipsF1

The owner and master of a special purpose ship must ensure that there is not on board a greater number of persons than that stated on—

(a)

the ship’s Special Purpose Ship Safety Certificate; or

(b)

in the case of a special purpose ship which is not a United Kingdom ship, a certificate referred to in regulation 23(5H)(b) (certificate demonstrating compliance with the SPS Code 2008).

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Textual amendments

F1

Regs. 25B, 25C 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. 13 (with reg. 4)