The Fishing Vessels (Certification of Deck Officers
and Engineer Officers) Regulations 1984
1984 No. 1115
MERCHANT SHIPPING
SAFETY
The Fishing Vessels (Certification of Deck Officers and Engineer Officers) Regulations 1984
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into Operation
(a) for the purposes of
Parts I (except Regulation 1(3))
and III
(b) for all other purposes
The Secretary of State for Transport, being satisfied that
it is necessary or expedient in the interests of safety to make the following
Regulations in so far as they require fishing vessels and government fishery
research vessels to carry qualified deck officers and engineer officers, and
after consulting with the organisations referred to in
section 99(2) of the Merchant Shipping
Act 1970 and the persons referred to in section 22(2) of
the Merchant Shipping Act 1979,
in exercise of the powers conferred by section
43 of the said Act of 19701 and now vested in him2 and of section 21(1)(a),
3(e), (5) and
6(b) and (bb) and
section 22(1)(a) and 3(a)
of the said Act of 19793, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby
makes the following Regulations: