Statutory Instruments
MERCHANT SHIPPING
SAFETY
Made
2nd July 1998
Laid before Parliament
13th July 1998
Coming into force
3rd August 1998
The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, after consulting the persons referred to in section 86(4) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995(1), in exercise of the powers conferred by—
sections 85(1)(a) and (b), (3), (5) to (7), and 86(1) of the said Act(2); and
section 302(1) of the said Act,
and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, with the consent of the Treasury in so far as the Regulations are made under the said section 302(1), hereby makes the following Regulations:
Sections 85 and 86 were amended by the Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997 (c. 28), section 8.