PART IIMPLEMENTATION OF COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 95/21/EC

Reimbursement of costs17.

(1)

The Merchant Shipping (Fees) Regulations 199515 shall be amended by adding the following sub-paragraph to paragraph 3 of Part I of the Schedule:

“(g)

any inspection which results in the detention of a ship to which Part I of the Merchant Shipping (Port State Control) Regulations 1995 applies, and, without prejudice to sub-paragraph (c) above, any subsequent inspection relating to the deficiencies which led to the detention”.

(2)

All costs relating to any inspection carried out by the Marine Safety Agency for the purposes of, or in connection with regulation 13(5) shall be charged to the owner or his representative in the United Kingdom.

(3)

Any detention made pursuant to these Regulations shall not be lifted until any fees payable under the Merchant Shipping (Fees) Regulations 1995 in respect of any inspection leading to it or arising from it have been paid, or the Secretary of State has been provided with suffiicent security for the fees.