{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-work-in-fishing-convention-survey-and-certification-regulations-2018/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-work-in-fishing-convention-survey-and-certification-regulations-2018/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2018/1107",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Work in Fishing Convention) (Survey and Certification) Regulations 2018.",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-work-in-fishing-convention-survey-and-certification-regulations-2018",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Survey of fishing vessels",
  "text": "(1) A fishing vessel is subject to the following surveys—\n(a) before a Work in Fishing Convention Certificate is first issued, an initial survey by a certifying authority, as set out in Merchant Shipping Notice 1885 (F);\n(b) thereafter, at specified in intervals, a renewal survey by a certifying authority, as set out in Merchant Shipping Notice 1885 (F).\n(1A) Paragraph (1) does not apply to an exempt fishing vessel.\n(2) A renewal survey under paragraph (1)(b) must be completed—\n(a) if the length of the fishing vessel is 24 metres or more, within four years of the previous survey;\n(b) if the length of the fishing vessel is less than 24 metres, within five years of the previous survey.\n(3) An exempt fishing vessel is subject to a survey , other than a survey described in paragraph (1), by a certifying authority as set out in Merchant Shipping Notice 1885 (F).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 4(1A) inserted (26.12.2020) by The Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention and Work in Fishing Convention) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1166), regs. 1, 4(3)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 4(2) inserted (26.12.2020) by The Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention and Work in Fishing Convention) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1166), regs. 1, 4(3)(b)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in reg. 4(2) substituted (26.12.2020) by The Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention and Work in Fishing Convention) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1166), regs. 1, 4(3)(b)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in reg. 4(3) substituted (26.12.2020) by The Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention and Work in Fishing Convention) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1166), regs. 1, 4(3)(c)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in reg. 4(3) inserted (26.12.2020) by The Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention and Work in Fishing Convention) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1166), regs. 1, 4(3)(c)(ii)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/1107/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:53:04.004813+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."
}