{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-work-in-fishing-convention-survey-and-certification-regulations-2018/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-work-in-fishing-convention-survey-and-certification-regulations-2018/regulation-6.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/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Duration and validity of Work in Fishing Convention Certificates",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2), a Work in Fishing Convention Certificate must be issued—\n(a) on the date of the completion of the relevant survey; and\n(b) with a period of validity starting on the date of issue and not exceeding five years.\n(2) Where a renewal survey as required by regulation 4(2) has been completed within a period of three months before the expiry of a Work in Fishing Convention Certificate, the new certificate must be issued as being valid from the date of expiry of the existing certificate.\n(3) A Work in Fishing Convention Certificate ceases to be valid—\n(a) upon the transfer of the fishing vessel to the flag of another State;\n(b) if the person who is named on the certificate as the fishing vessel owner ceases to have responsibility for the operation of the vessel;\n(c) if substantial changes are made to the fishing vessel's accommodation or its food or catering facilities; or\n(d) if the fishing vessel's accommodation or the fishing vessel's food or catering facilities have sustained damage or otherwise become deficient and that damage or deficiency has not been rectified.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/1107/regulation/6",
    "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."
}