The Merchant Shipping (Counting and Registration of Persons on Board Passenger Ships) Regulations 1999

Additional requirements for voyages of more than 20 milesU.K.

6.—(1) This regulation shall apply to–

(a)any United Kingdom passenger ship leaving any landing point–

(i)inside the territory of [F1the European Union] [F2or the United Kingdom] on a voyage of more than 20 miles from that landing point [F3to the next port of call]; or

(ii)outside the [F4territory comprising the European Union and the United Kingdom] on an international voyage; and

(b)any other passenger ship leaving any landing point in the United Kingdom on a voyage of more than 20 miles from that landing point [F5to the next port of call except a ship operating exclusively on Category A, B, C or D waters].

(2) The owner of any passenger ship to which this regulation applies shall ensure that, in respect of any voyage F6...–

(a)the information specified in paragraph (3) below is collected, in relation to each person on board, before the ship departs from the landing point, and

(b)that information is–

[F7(i)subject to paragraph (2A), reported in the National Single Window within 15 minutes of the ship’s departure from the landing point; and]

(ii)in respect of any such information as is [F8specified in sub-paragraph (f)], communicated to the master of the ship before the ship leaves the landing point.

[F9(2A) Before 20th December 2023, the information required to be reported in accordance with paragraph (2)(b)(i) may alternatively be communicated to the passenger registrar within 15 minutes of the ship’s departure from the landing point.]

(3) The information referred to in paragraph (2) above is, in relation to each person on board the ship–

(a)family name;

[F10(b)forenames;

(c)gender;

(d)nationality;

(e)date of birth; and

(f)when volunteered by a person—

(i)information concerning special care or assistance that might be needed in an emergency;

(ii)a contact number in case of an emergency].

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Textual Amendments

F1Words in Regulations substituted (22.4.2011) by The Treaty of Lisbon (Changes in Terminology) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1043), arts. 2, 3-6, 8-10