The Merchant Shipping (Mandatory Ships’ Routeing) Regulations 1997

Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations:—

• “Admiralty publications” means the following publications of the Admiralty, namely:

  (i)

  Admiralty Charts; and

  (ii)

  Sailing Directions,

  and any amendment, correction or replacement, which the Hydrographer of the Navy considers relevant from time to time;

• “adopted mandatory ships’ routeing system” means any routeing system which has been adopted by the International Maritime Organisation in accordance with the requirements of regulation V/8 of the Safety of Life at Sea Convention 1974(1) for mandatory use by ships or certain categories of ships and set out in the relevant Admiralty publications and annotated therein as “Mandatory Ships’ Routeing System under SOLAS Regulation V/8”;

• “the Hydrographer of the Navy” means the person for the time being appointed to that office by the Admiralty Board.

(1)

Cmnd 7874; Regulation V/8 was substituted in the Convention by Resolution MSC 46(65) adopted on 16th May 1995.