Merchant Shipping Act 1950

1 Where any fishing boat to which regulations made under section one of this Act apply was registered in the United Kingdom under Part I or Part IV of the principal Act immediately before the date on which those regulations came into force, then, unless and until, after that date, the fishing boat is re-registered in the United Kingdom or undergoes substantial structural alterations or repairs (not being repairs carried out in consequence of damage or in an emergency)—

(a) any requirements of the regulations (including any subsequent regulations amending or substituted for those regulations) relating to matters specified in paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section one of this Act (in this Schedule referred to as " the construction requirements " ) shall—

(i) in the case of a fishing boat to which corresponding requirements under the law in force immediately before that date were applicable, be deemed to be complied with if those requirements are complied with ;

(ii) in any other case, not apply ; and

(b) any requirements of any such regulations relating to matters specified in paragraph (c) of the said subsection (2) (in this Schedule referred to as "the survey requirements") shall not apply to any works other than works proposed to be carried out for the purpose of any such alterations or repairs as aforesaid.