The Merchant Shipping (Vessels in Commercial Use for Sport or Pleasure) Regulations 1993

6.  Subject to regulation 16(2) below, in addition to the requirements of regulation 5, and subject to regulation 10 and to any exemption conferred by regulation 14, no vessel to which this regulation applies shall proceed or attempt to proceed to sea unless:

(a) the vessel has been surveyed in accordance with the Load Lines Rules;

(b) the vessel is marked with a deck-line and with load lines in accordance with those Rules;

(c) the vessel complies with the conditions of assignment in accordance with those Rules; and

(d) the stability information required by those Rules is provided for the guidance of the master of the vessel in the manner determined in accordance with the Rules.