Statutory Instruments

2003 No. 3049

MERCHANT SHIPPING

SAFETY

CANALS AND INLAND WATERWAYS

The Merchant Shipping (Working Time: Inland Waterways) Regulations 2003

Made

27th November 2003

Laid before Parliament

3rd December 2003

Coming into force

24th December 2003

Whereas the Secretary of State is a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(1) in relation to measures relating to the safety of ships and the health and safety of persons on them(2) and the organisation of working time(3):

And whereas, in so far as the following Regulations are made in exercise of the powers conferred by section 85 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995(4), the Secretary of State has in pursuance of section 86(4) of that Act consulted the persons referred to in that subsection:

Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by the said section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, and by sections 85(1), (3) and (7) and 86(1) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, hereby makes the following Regulations:

(1)

1972 c. 68.

(2)

S.I. 1993/595.

(3)

S.I. 1997/1174.

(4)

1995 c. 21; sections 85 and 86 were amended by the Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997 (c. 28), section 8. Sections 85 and 86 apply to hovercraft by virtue of the Hovercraft (Application of Enactments) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/1350), to which Order there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.