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

[F1Additional requirements for ships on certain voyages]U.K.

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

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

(i)inside the territory of F2... [F3 the United Kingdom] on a [F4non-international] voyage of more than 20 miles from that landing point [F5to the next port of call]; or

(ii)outside the [F6territory [F7of] the United Kingdom] on an international voyage; and

[F8(b)any other passenger ship leaving any landing point in the United Kingdom—

(i)on a non-international voyage of more than 20 miles from that landing point to the next port of call except a ship operating exclusively in Category A, B, C or D waters; or

(ii)on an international voyage.]

(2) The owner of any passenger ship to which this regulation applies shall ensure that, in respect of any voyage F9...–

(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–

[F10(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 [F11specified in sub-paragraph (f)], communicated to the master of the ship before the ship leaves the landing point.

[F12(2A) Before 20th December [F132025], 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;

[F14(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].

F15(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I1Reg. 6 in force at 22.7.1999, see reg. 1