2020 No. 58
The Merchant Shipping (Technical Requirements for Inland Waterway Vessels) (Amendment) Regulations 2020
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 85(1), (3) and (5) to (7) and 86(1) and (2) of the Merchant Shipping Act 19951 and section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 19722.
The Secretary of State has consulted the persons referred to in section 86(4) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995.
The Secretary of State is a Minister designated3 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to measures relating to the safety of ships and the health and safety of persons on them.
Citation and commencement1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Technical Requirements for Inland Waterway Vessels) (Amendment) Regulations 2020.
2
These Regulations come into force on 25th February 2020.
Amendment of Regulations
2
The Merchant Shipping (Technical Requirements for Inland Waterway Vessels) Regulations 20104 are amended as follows.
3
In regulation 2(1) (interpretation), for the definition of “technical requirements of Annex II”, substitute—
“technical requirements of Annex II” means the technical requirements contained in ES-TRIN standard 2019/15 as referred to in Annex II to Directive (EU) 2016/16296 and as set out in Merchant Shipping Notice MSN 1880(M) Amendment 1 —
- a
excluding the transitional provisions contained in Chapter 32 of ES-TRIN standard 2019/1 for craft navigating on the Rhine, but
- b
including the transitional provisions contained in Chapter 33 of ES-TRIN standard 2019/1 for craft operating exclusively on waterways outside the Rhine,
4
In regulation 6(3) (obligation to carry a certificate), after each reference to “MSN 1879(M)”, insert “Amendment 1”.
5
In regulation 9 (Union inland navigation certificates and supplementary Union inland navigation certificates)—
a
for paragraph 1(a), substitute—
a
in the form set out in section I of Annex 3 to ES-TRIN standard 2019/1 as set out in Merchant Shipping Notice MSN 1880(M) Amendment 1, and
b
for paragraph 2(a), substitute—
a
in the form set out in section III of Annex 3 to ES-TRIN standard 2019/1 as set out in Merchant Shipping Notice MSN 1880(M) Amendment 1, and
6
In regulation 15(1)7 (transitional provision), for “2016”, substitute “2018”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
(This note is not part of the Regulations)