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

Additional requirements for voyages of more than 20 miles

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

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

(i) inside the territory of the European Community on a voyage of more than 20 miles from that landing point; or

(ii) outside the territory of the European Community 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.

(2) The owner of any passenger ship to which this regulation applies shall ensure that, in respect of any voyage on or after the 1st January 2000–

(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–

(i) communicated to the passenger registrar within 30 minutes of the ship’s departure from the landing point; and

(ii) in respect of any such information as is specified in sub-paragraph (e), communicated to the master of the ship before the ship leaves 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;

(b) forenames or initials;

(c) gender;

(d) subject to paragraph (4) below, an indication of the category of age (such category being either adult, child or infant) to which the person belongs or the age or the year of birth of the person; and

(e) if volunteered by a person, any information concerning the need for special care or assistance in emergency situations.

(4) If the information in relation to a person indicates the category of age to which the person belongs but does not indicate that person’s age or year of birth–

(a) the information must be accompanied by an indication of the age range used to define each category, and

(b) the age range used must be the age range used by the system for the registration of the information established in accordance with regulation 8(1) below.