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The Merchant Shipping (Cargo and Passenger Ship Construction and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2023

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4.  In regulation 2—

(a)in paragraph (2)—

(i)after the definition of “bulkhead deck” insert—

category A, B, C or D waters” means waters specified as such in Merchant Shipping Notice 1837(M) Amendment 2(1);;

(ii)after the definition of “independent power pump” insert ““international voyage” means a voyage between a port in the United Kingdom and a port outside the United Kingdom;”;

(b)for paragraph (6) substitute—

(6) For the purposes of these Regulations, passenger ships in Class II(A) are ships engaged on voyages of any kind other than international voyages, which are not—

(a)ships of Classes III to VI(A) as defined in the Merchant Shipping (Passenger Ship Construction: Ships of Classes III to VI(A)) Regulations 1998(2); or

(b)ships of Classes A, B, C or D as defined in the Merchant Shipping (Passenger Ships on Domestic Voyages) Regulations 2000(3) which are new ships, engaged on domestic voyages, for the purposes of those Regulations..

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Merchant Shipping Notice 1837 (M) Amendment 2 is available on https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/855605/msn_1837_-amendment2_june_2017.pdf and in hard copy from the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) of Spring Place, 105 Commercial Road, Southampton SO15 1EG (telephone 020 3817 2000 and email infoline@mcga.gov.uk).

(2)

S.I. 1998/2515, amended by S.I. 2000/2687; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.

(3)

S.I. 2000/2687, amended by S.I. 2004/302, 2010/680, 2010/1075, 2012/2636, 2018/1221 and 2020/1222; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.

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