{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-technical-requirements-for-inland-waterway-vessels-regulations-2010/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-technical-requirements-for-inland-waterway-vessels-regulations-2010/regulation-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2010/1075",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Technical Requirements for Inland Waterway Vessels) Regulations 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-technical-requirements-for-inland-waterway-vessels-regulations-2010",
  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Obligation to carry a certificate",
  "text": "(1) A vessel operating on a Zone 1, 2, 3 or 4 waterway must carry—\n(a) a valid Union inland navigation certificate which attests compliance with the technical requirements of Annex II and the technical requirements of Annex V, or\n(b) a valid certificate issued pursuant to Article 22 of the Revised Convention for Rhine Navigation.\n(2) In addition to the certificates referred to in paragraph (1), a valid supplementary Union inland navigation certificate which attests compliance with the relevant additional United Kingdom technical requirements set out in paragraph (3) must be carried by—\n(a) vessels operating on Zone 1 and 2 waterways, and\n(b) passenger vessels operating on Zone 3 waterways.\n(3) The relevant additional United Kingdom technical requirements referred to in paragraph (2) are—\n(a) for vessels operating on Zone 1 and 2 waterways those—\n(i) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(ii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(iii) specified in Merchant Shipping Notice MSN 1879(M) Amendment 1,\n(b) for passenger vessels operating on Zone 3 waterways those—\n(i) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(ii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(iii) specified in Merchant Shipping Notice MSN 1879(M) Amendment 1.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 6 substituted (23.2.2019) by The Merchant Shipping (Technical Requirements for Inland Waterway Vessels) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/160), regs. 1(2), 7"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Reg. 6(3)(a)(i) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Merchant Shipping (Inland Waterways) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/808), regs. 1(2), 2(4)(a)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Reg. 6(3)(a)(ii) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Merchant Shipping (Inland Waterways) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/808), regs. 1(2), 2(4)(a)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in reg. 6(3) inserted (25.2.2020) by The Merchant Shipping (Technical Requirements for Inland Waterway Vessels) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/58), regs. 1(2), 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Reg. 6(3)(b)(i) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Merchant Shipping (Inland Waterways) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/808), regs. 1(2), 2(4)(b)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Reg. 6(3)(b)(ii) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Merchant Shipping (Inland Waterways) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/808), regs. 1(2), 2(4)(b)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/1075/regulation/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:44:34.853843+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."
}