{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-watercraft-order-2023/schedule-2/paragraph-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-watercraft-order-2023/schedule-2/paragraph-4.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/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Application of the Merchant Shipping (Accident Reporting and Investigation) Regulations 2026",
  "text": "The Merchant Shipping (Accident Reporting and Investigation) Regulations 2026 apply in relation to watercraft as they apply in relation to ships, and as if, in the following provisions, any reference to a master includes a reference to any person for the time being using a watercraft—\n(a) regulation 6(2);\n(b) paragraphs (2) and (7) of regulation 10.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 4 substituted (15.5.2026) by The Merchant Shipping (Accident Reporting and Investigation) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/430), regs. 1(2), 25(2) (with reg. 4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/35/schedule/2/paragraph/4",
    "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."
}