{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ship-and-port-facility-security-regulations-2004/regulation-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ship-and-port-facility-security-regulations-2004/regulation-9.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2004/1495",
  "legislation_title": "The Ship and Port Facility (Security) Regulations 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ship-and-port-facility-security-regulations-2004",
  "path": "regulation/9",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Compensation for invalid detention of a ship",
  "text": "(1) Where having considered an objection in respect of a detention notice relating to a ship under regulation 8 the Secretary of State finds that there was no valid basis for the detention, the owner of the ship shall be entitled, upon application, to receive compensation for such loss or damage suffered by him which is directly attributable to the detention of the ship.\n(2) A claim for compensation under this regulation shall be made in writing to the Secretary of State within three months beginning with the date the Secretary of State serves notice of his decision under regulation 8(5)(d).\n(3) Any person claiming compensation under this regulation shall provide all such information and supplementary information in respect of the loss or damage incurred as the Secretary of State may at any time reasonably require and shall verify the same in any such manner, including the production of original documents in his possession or control, as may be reasonably required.\n(4) Any disputed question as to the right to, or the amount of, any compensation payable under this regulation shall be referred to a single arbitrator appointed by agreement between the parties for that question to be decided by him.\n(5) Any compensation granted under this section shall be payable by the Secretary of State.\n(6) In the application of this regulation to Scotland any reference to an arbitrator shall be construed as a reference to an arbiter and the reference in paragraph (4) to a single arbitrator appointed by agreement between the parties shall be construed as a reference to a single arbiter so appointed or, in default of agreement, appointed by the sheriff.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1495/regulation/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:24:13.490930+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."
}