# The Ship’s Report, Importation and Exportation by Sea Regulations 1981, Regulation 4


The forms duly completed in accordance with regulation 3 above shall be delivered by the master or a person authorised by him:—
(a) in the case of a ship boarded by an officer, to the officer immediately, if so requested by him,
(b) in any other case, to the proper place designated at the port of arrival:—
(i) within 3 hours of the ship having reached its place of loading or unloading; or
(ii) on the expiration of 24 hours following the arrival of the ship within the limits of that port if by then the ship has not reached a place of loading or unloading.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1981/1260/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/ships-report-importation-and-exportation-by-sea-regulations-1981/regulation-4
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