These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Official Log Books) Regulations 1981 and shall come into operation: (a) for the purposes of paragraphs 8 and 9 of Part I of the Schedule, 1st September 1981 (b) for all other purposes 1st May 1981.

In these Regulations:

• “the Act of 1894” means the Merchant Shipping Act 1894;

• “the Act of 1949” means the Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act 1949;

• “the Act of 1967” means the Merchant Shipping (Load Lines) Act 1967;

• “the Act of 1970” means the Merchant Shipping Act 1970;

• “appeal against a fine” means an appeal to a superintendent or proper officer in accordance with the Disciplinary Offences Regulations against a fine for a disciplinary offence;

• “appropriate superintendent or proper officer” means a superintendent or proper officer for the place where the ship is at the time referred to in regulation 10(1) (delivery of official log books);

• “the Closing of Openings Regulations” means the Merchant Shipping (Closing of Openings in Hulls and in Watertight Bulkheads) Regulations 1980;

• “Code of Conduct” means the National Maritime Board publication entitled “Code of Conduct for the Merchant Navy” published in 1978 by the Board;

• “the Crew Accommodation Regulations” means the Merchant Shipping (Crew Accommodation) Regulations 19783;

• “the Deck Officers Regulations” means the Merchant Shipping (Certification of Deck Officers) Regulations 1980;

• “the Disciplinary Offences Regulations” means the Merchant Shipping (Disciplinary Offences) Regulations 19724;

• “the Engineer Officers Regulations” means the Merchant Shipping (Certification of Marine Engineer Officers) Regulations 1980;

• “entry” means an entry in an official log book (including an entry contained in a separate document annexed to any official log book in accordance with regulation 6) of any particulars specified in column 1 in any paragraph of the Schedule to these Regulations and an entry amending or cancelling such an entry;

• “the Life-saving Appliances Regulations” means the Merchant Shipping (Life-saving Appliances) Regulations 19805;

• “the Musters Regulations” means the Merchant Shipping (Musters) Regulations 19806;

• “Near Continental trading area” means any location within the area bounded by a line from a point on the Norwegian coast in latitude 62° North to a point 62° North 02° West; thence to a point 58° North 10° West; thence to a point 51° North 12° West; thence to Brest, but excluding all waters which lie to the eastward of a line drawn between Kristiansand, Norway, and Hanstholm lighthouse on the North Danish coast;

• “officer” means an officer qualified for the purposes of section 43 of the Act of 1970 or duly certificated under the Act of 1894;

• “the Pilot Ladders and Hoists Regulations” means the Merchant Shipping (Pilot Ladders and Hoists) Regulations 19807;

• “the Property Regulations” means the Merchant Shipping (Property of Deceased Seamen) Regulations 1972;

• “the Repatriation Regulations” means the Merchant Shipping (Repatriation) Regulations 1979;

• “seaman” in paragraphs 18, 20 and 36 of the Schedule includes the master of a ship;

• “ship” means a ship registered in the United Kingdom but does not include a fishing vessel;

• “the Steering Gear Regulations” means the Merchant Shipping (Automatic Pilot and Testing of Steering Gear) Regulations 1981;

• “wages submission” means a submission to a superintendent or proper officer under section 10 of the Act of 1970 (which relates to disputes about wages); and references to the gross or register tonnage of a ship are, in the case of a ship having alternative gross or alternative register tonnages, references to the larger of its gross tonnages or to the larger of its register tonnages, as the case may require.

The Merchant Shipping (Official Log Books) Regulations 1972, the Merchant Shipping (Official Log Books) (Amendment) Regulations 1978 and the Merchant Shipping (Official Log Books) (Amendment) Regulations 1980 are hereby revoked.