{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-watercraft-order-2023/schedule-2/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-watercraft-order-2023/schedule-2/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2023/35",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Watercraft) Order 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-watercraft-order-2023",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Application of the Merchant Shipping (EPIRB and PLB Registration) (Radiocommunications) (Amendment) Regulations 2026",
  "text": "(1) The following provisions of the Merchant Shipping (EPIRB and PLB Registration and Radiocommunications) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 apply in relation to watercraft as they apply in relation to ships.\n(2) Regulation 3 (interpretation), for the purposes of interpreting an applied shipping provision mentioned in this paragraph.\n(3) Regulation 5 (requirement in relation to EPIRB registration), as if—\n(a) in paragraph (1)—\n(i) the reference to an owner and master of a ship was a reference to an owner and operator of a watercraft;\n(ii) the reference to a ship was a reference to a watercraft;\n(b) for paragraph (2) there were substituted—\n“(2) The registered particulars referred to in paragraph (1) are the particulars specified in paragraph 2.1 of Merchant Shipping Notice 1924 (M+F).”;\n(c) in paragraph (3), the reference to an owner and master of a ship was a reference to an owner and operator of a watercraft.\n(4) Regulation 6 (requirement in relation to PLB registration), as if—\n(a) in paragraph (1)(b), the reference to a ship was a reference to a watercraft;\n(b) for paragraph (2) there were substituted—\n“(2) The registered particulars referred to in paragraph (1) are the particulars specified in paragraph 3.1 of Merchant Shipping Notice 1924 (M+F).”.\n(5) Regulation 7 (offences and penalties), as if in paragraph (1)—\n(a) the reference to the owner and master was a reference to the owner and operator of the watercraft;\n(b) the reference to a ship was a reference to a watercraft.\n(6) Regulation 8 (detention), as if—\n(a) in paragraphs (2) and (4), the reference to a ship was a reference to a watercraft;\n(b) in paragraph (4), the reference to the master of the ship was a reference to the owner of the watercraft.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 2 substituted (15.4.2026) by The Merchant Shipping (EPIRB and PLB Registration and Radiocommunications) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/306), reg. 1(1), Sch. Pt. 2 para. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/35/schedule/2/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:50:47.251594+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."
}