The Merchant Shipping (Radio Installations) Regulations 1998

Application

3.—(1) Subject to the following provisions of this regulation, these Regulations apply to—

(a) sea-going United Kingdom ships wherever they may be except while they are within the Great Lakes of North America and their connecting and tributary waters as far east as the lower exit of the St Lambert Lock at Montreal in the Province of Quebec, Canada; and

(b) other seagoing ships while they are within United Kingdom waters.

(2) These Regulations shall not apply to—

(a) troopships not registered in the United Kingdom;

(b) ships not propelled by mechanical means;

(c) pleasure vessels;

(d) fishing vessels;

(e) cargo ships of less than 300 tons; and

(f) craft to which the Merchant Shipping (High-Speed Craft) Regulations 1996(1) apply.

(3) Every ship the keel of which was laid or which was at a similar stage of construction before 1st February 1995 shall—

(a) subject to paragraph (6) below, until the 1st February 1999 comply with either—

(i) the requirements of Part II of these Regulations, or

(ii) the requirements of Part III of these Regulations, regulations 11(1)(d) (NAVTEX) and 11(1)(f) (satellite EPIRB), and the requirements of the Merchant Shipping (Life-Saving Appliances) Regulations 1980(2) or the Merchant Shipping (Life-Saving Appliances) Regulations 1986(3) (as appropriate) relating to the carriage of radar transponders; and

(b) on or after 1st February 1999 comply with the requirements of Part II of these Regulations.

(4) Subject to paragraph (6) below, every ship the keel of which was laid or which was at a similar stage of construction on or after 1st February 1995 shall comply with the requirements of Part II of these Regulstions.

(5) Subject to paragraph (6) below, regulations 10, 11(4) and 19(2)(a) below shall apply to only United Kingdom passenger ships of Classes I, II and II(A) within the meaning of the 1984 Regulations wherever they may be and other passenger ships of those Classes while they are within United Kingdom waters.

(6) Any passenger ship the keel of which was laid or which was at a similar stage of construction before 1st July 1997 to which regulations 10 or 11(4) below apply need not comply with the requirements of those regulations (as applicable) until the date of the first periodical survey after the date these Regulations come into force in respect of the ship.

(1)

S.I. 1996/3188.

(2)

S.I. 1980/538, relevant amendments are S.I. 1991/1300.

(3)

S.I. 1986/1066, relevant amendments are S.I. 1991/1300.