The Merchant Shipping (Additional Safety Measures for Bulk Carriers) Regulations 2022

Amendment of Regulations

3.—(1) The Merchant Shipping (Cargo Ship Construction) Regulations 1997(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 7 (peak and machinery space bulkheads and stern tubes), in paragraph (3), for “Subject to regulation 12E(4) and (5) of the Merchant Shipping (Additional Safety Measures for Bulk Carriers) Regulations 1999(2)” substitute “Subject to the requirements in regulation 13 of Chapter XII in the Annex to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974(3) (availability of pumping systems)”.

(3) The Merchant Shipping (Fees) Regulations 2018(4) are amended as follows.

(4) In Part 1 of Schedule 1 (fees under the Merchant Shipping Act 1995), in the table in paragraph 5 (fees for inspections, etc.), in Section I (construction and equipment), at the end—

(a) in the first column, insert “The Merchant Shipping (Additional Safety Measures for Bulk Carriers) Regulations 2022”;

(b) in the second column, insert “2022/1218”;

(c) in the third column, insert “None”.

(1)

S.I. 1997/1509, amended by S.I. 2004/2151. There are other amending instruments but none is relevant.

(2)

S.I. 1999/1644, amended by S.I. 2004/2151 and S.I. 2018/1221.

(3)

Cmnd 7874. The Convention may be obtained in copy from the International Maritime Organization of 4 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7SR or found on the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) treaties database (https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/awweb/pdfopener?md=1&did=79786). The Convention was modified by its Protocol of 1978 (Cmnd 8277) (https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/awweb/pdfopener?md=1&did=68013), which was replaced and abrogated by the Protocol of 1988 (Cm 5044) (https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/awweb/pdfopener?md=1&did=69573) with respect to the parties to the 1988 Protocol. The amendments to the Convention are available from the International Maritime Organization of 4 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7SR or found on the FCDO treaties database (https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/responsive/app/consolidatedSearch/). Hard copies of the Command Papers are available for inspection free of charge but by appointment at the Parliamentary Archives, Houses of Parliament, London SW1A 0PW. The Parliamentary Archives catalogue numbers for the Command Papers are HL/PO/JO/10/11/2031/2878 (Cmnd 7874), HL/PO/JO/10/11/1959/2032 (Cmnd 8277) and HL/PO/JO/10/11/3156/2280 (Cm 5044).

(4)

S.I. 2018/1104. There are amending instruments which are not relevant.