{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-survey-and-certification-regulations-2015/regulation-9D",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-survey-and-certification-regulations-2015/regulation-9D.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/9D",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "9D",
  "heading": "Surveys of special purpose ships",
  "text": "(1) A United Kingdom special purpose ship to which the IP and SPS Regulations apply and which is engaged on international voyages must be subject to the surveys specified in paragraph (2), and each such survey must be carried out for the purpose of assessing compliance with each requirement of—\n(a) Chapters 2 to 9 of the SPS Code 1983; or\n(b) Chapters 2 to 9 of the SPS Code 2008,\nthat applies to it.\n(2) The surveys referred to in paragraph (1) are—\n(a) an initial survey, before the ship is put into service as a special purpose ship for the first time; and\n(b) a survey at the same time as any survey required in respect of the ship under regulations 7 to 10 (surveys of cargo ships).\n(3) A United Kingdom special purpose ship to which the IP and SPS Regulations apply and which is engaged on voyages which are not international voyages, must be subject to the surveys specified in paragraph (4), and each such survey must be carried out for the purpose of assessing compliance with each requirement of—\n(a) Chapters 2 to 9 of the SPS Code 1983; or\n(b) Chapters 2 to 9 of the SPS Code 2008,\nthat applies to it.\n(4) The surveys referred to in paragraph (3) are—\n(a) an initial survey, before the ship is put into service as a special purpose ship for the first time; and\n(b) a survey at the same time as any survey required in respect of the ship under regulations 7 to 10, as if that ship were engaged on international voyages.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Regs. 9C, 9D 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. 4 (with reg. 4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/508/regulation/9D",
    "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."
}