{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-tonnage-amendment-regulations-1988/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-tonnage-amendment-regulations-1988/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1910",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Tonnage) (Amendment) Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-tonnage-amendment-regulations-1988",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Regulation 3.—(1) shall be replaced by the following:\n“1) This Part of these Regulations (except paragraph (1A) of this regulation) and Schedules 2, 3 and 4 hereto shall apply to the following ships registered or to be registered in the United Kingdom under Part I of the principal Act being ships of 24 metres in length or over and not being fishing vessels:\n(a) new ships;\n(b) existing ships to which regulation 13(1) of these Regulations would otherwise apply but which undergo alterations or modifications which result in a substantial variation in their existing gross tonnage;\n(c) existing ships, if the owner so requests;\n(d) all ships with effect from 18th July 1994.\n1A) This Part of these Regulations (except paragraph (1) of this regulation) and Schedules 2, 3 and 4 hereto shall also apply to all fishing vessels of 24 metres in length or over registered or to be registered under Part II of the Merchant Shipping Act 1988;\nProvided that where a fishing vessel was, immediately before 1st December 1988, registered under Part I or Part IV of the principal Act and its tonnage as recorded in the register was determined in accordance with Schedule 5 hereto or Schedule 4 to the Merchant Shipping (Fishing Boats Registry) Order 1981 the tonnage of that vessel shall continue to be so determined until—\n(i) the vessel undergoes alterations or modifications which result in a substantial alteration to its existing gross tonnage; or\n(ii) the owner requests that the vessel’s tonnage be determined in accordance with Schedules 2, 3 and 4 hereto; or\n(iii) 18th July 1994\nwhichever first occurs:”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1981/740, to which there is an amendment not relevant to these Regulations."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1910/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:55:30.443326+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."
}