The Merchant Shipping (Distress Signals and Prevention of Collisions) (Guernsey) Order 1989

Article 3

SCHEDULE MODIFICATIONS TO THE MERCHANT SHIPPING (DISTRESS SIGNALS AND PREVENTION OF COLLISIONS) REGULATIONS 1989 AS EXTENDED TO THE BAILIWICK OF GUERNSEY

1.  Any reference to an enactment shall be construed, unless the contrary intention appears, as a reference to it as it has effect in the Bailiwick.

2.—(1) In regulation 1(1), the words from “and shall come into force” to the end shall be omitted.

(2) In regulation 1(2)—

(a) for the definition of “appropriate authority” there shall be substituted the following definition:

• ““appropriate authority” means—

  (i)

  in relation to any part of the Bailiwick, the States of Guernsey, the States of Alderney or the Chief Pleas of Sark, as the case may be, or any other authority responsible under the law for the time being in force in that part of the Bailiwick for promoting the safety of life at sea and the avoidance of collisions;

  (ii)

  in relation to a place outside the Bailiwick, the authority responsible under the law for the time being in force in that place for promoting the safety of life at sea and the avoidance of collisions;”;

(b) in the definition of “date of entry into force of these Regulations”—

(i) in sub-paragraph (i), for the words “, 15th July 1977” there shall be substituted the words

“and Guernsey vessels, the date on which the Collision Regulations and Distress Signals Order 1977((1)) came into operation”

(ii) in sub-paragraph (ii), after the words “United Kingdom” there shall be inserted the words “and the Bailiwick”;

(c) after the definition of “date of entry into force of these Regulations” there shall be inserted the following definition:

• ““Guernsey vessel” means a vessel which—

  (i)

  is registered in the Bailiwick, or

  (ii)

  is not registered under the law of any country but is wholly owned by persons, each of whom is either a British citizen or a British Dependent Territories citizen who is resident in the Bailiwick or a body corporate which is established under the law of any part of the Bailiwick and has its principal place of business in the Bailiwick;”

(d) in the expression “the Hydrographer of the Navy” wherever it occurs, for the words “the Navy” there shall be substituted the words “Her Majesty’s Navy”; and

(e) in the definition of “United Kingdom vessel”, after the words “a vessel” there shall be inserted the words “(other than a Guernsey vessel)”.

(3) In regulation 1(3), sub-paragraph (b) shall be omitted.

3.  For regulation 2 there shall be substituted the following regulation:

“2.   These Regulations apply to Guernsey vessels wherever they may be and to other vessels while they are within the Bailiwick but not to hovercraft or seaplanes.”.

(1)

S.I. 1977/982.