(1)The Secretary of State may exempt any ship or description of ship from any requirements of regulations made under section 47.
(2)An exemption given under this section may be confined to a particular period or to one or more particular voyages.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Ss. 47-50 extended (in so far as not already extended) (1.1.2007) by The Merchant Shipping (Inland Waterway and Limited Coastal Operations) (Boatmasters’ Qualifications and Hours of Work) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/3223), regs. 1(b), 4(1)(a)