Amendment of the Merchant Shipping (Passenger Ship Construction: Ships of Classes I, II and II(A)) Regulations 1998
9.—(1) The Merchant Shipping (Passenger Ship Construction: Ships of Classes I, II and II(A)) Regulations 1998 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation)—
(a)in paragraph (2), for the definition of “relevant standard of an EEA state other than the United Kingdom” substitute—
““relevant standard of an EEA State”, in relation to a reference to an International Standard or a British Standard means—
a relevant standard or code of practice of a national standards body or equivalent body of an EEA State;
a relevant international standard recognised for use in an EEA State; or
a relevant specification acknowledged for use as standard by a public authority of an EEA State,
being a standard, code of practice or specification which provides, in use, levels of safety, suitability and fitness for purpose equivalent to those provided by the International Standard or the British standard;; and”; and
(b)in paragraph (3)(ii), omit “other than the United Kingdom”.
(3) In regulation 90 (alternative construction, equipment and machinery) in paragraph (2)(a) and (b) omit “other than the United Kingdom”.