The Merchant Shipping (Cargo and Passenger Ship Construction and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2023 No. 246

PART 3 Requirements for ships constructed before 1st January 2009 and engaged on international voyages

Compliance by ships constructed before 1st January 2009

12.—(1) A ship must comply with each requirement in—

(a) Merchant Shipping Notice 1907(M)(1); and

(b) Chapter II-1,

that applies to it(2).

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), where there is a conflict between the requirements of Merchant Shipping Notice 1907(M) and the applicable requirements in Chapter II-1, the requirements of Chapter II-1 take precedence.

(1)

Merchant Shipping Notice 1907(M) is available on https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/merchant-shipping-notices-msns, and in hard copy from the Maritime and Coastguard Agency of Spring Place, 105 Commercial Road, Southampton SO15 1EG (telephone [phone] and email [e-mail]).

(2)

Ships constructed before 1st January 2009 are subject to specified requirements of Chapter II-1, including requirements in Chapter II-1 that apply to “all ships”.