The Merchant Shipping (Load Line) (Amendment) Regulations 2000

3.  In regulation 2(1)—

(a) after the definition of “the 1966 Convention” there shall be inserted—

““the 1988 Protocol” means the Protocol of 1988 relating to the 1966 Convention(1);”;

(b) after the definition of “amidships” there shall be inserted—

• ““anniversary date” in relation to a certificate means the day and the month of each year which corresponds to the date of expiry of the certificate;”;

(c) in the definition of “appropriate load lines”—

(i) for ““appropriate load lines” means the load lines” there shall be substituted ““appropriate load line” means the load line”, and

(ii) before “an International” there shall be inserted “an International Load Line Certificate or”;

(d) in the definition of “appropriate certificate”, for “International Load Certificate 1966,” there shall be substituted “International Load Line Certificate or an International Load Line Certificate (1966),”;

(e) in the definition of “Category A, B, C or D waters”, for “No. M. 1504” there shall be substituted “MSN 1719 (M)”;

(f) the definition of “column stabilised” shall be omitted;

(g) before the definition of “Convention country” there shall be inserted—

““conditions of assignment” means the conditions relating to construction, arrangement and stability with which a ship must comply in order to be assigned freeboards;”;

(h) in the definition of “Convention country”, for sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) there shall be substituted–

“(a) a country the Government of which is party to the 1966 Convention, or to the 1966 Convention as amended by the 1988 Protocol, or

(b) a territory to which the 1966 Convention, or the 1966 Convention as amended by the 1988 Protocol, extends;”;

(i) after the definition of “exclusive surveyor” there shall be inserted—

““Exemption Certificate” means an International Load Line Exemption Certificate or a United Kingdom Load Line Exemption Certificate;”;

(j) in the definition of “freeboard deck”—

(i) at the end of sub-paragraph (b) for “.” there shall be substituted “ ,”, and

(ii) for the paragraph beginning “When this lower deck is stepped” there shall be substituted, indented in line with the full-out part of the definition—

• “a deck which is stepped being taken to consist for this purpose of the lowest line of the deck and the continuation of that line parallel to the upper part of the deck;”;

(k) after the definition of “freeboard deck” there shall be inserted—

““International Load Line Certificate” means an International Load Line Certificate issued under the 1966 Convention as amended by the 1988 Protocol;

“International Load Line Certificate (1966)” means an International Load Line Certificate issued under the 1966 Convention before the relevant entry into force date (if any);

“International Load Line Exemption Certificate” means an International Load Line Exemption Certificate issued under the 1966 Convention as amended by the 1988 Protocol;

“International Load Line Exemption Certificate (1966)” means an International Load Line Exemption Certificate issued under the 1966 Convention before the relevant entry into force date (if any);”;

(l) for the definition of “length” and “(L)” there shall be substituted—

““length” and “(L)” in relation to a ship means the greater of the following distances—

(a)

96% of the total length on a waterline at 85% of the least moulded depth measured from the top of the keel, or

(b)

the length from the fore-side of the stem to the axis of the rudder stock on that waterline.

Where the stem contour is concave above the waterline at 85% of the least moulded depth, both the forward terminal of the total length and the fore-side of the stem respectively shall be taken at the vertical projection to that waterline of the aftermost point of the stem contour (above that waterline). In ships designed with a rake of keel the waterline on which this length is measured shall be parallel to the designed waterline;”;

(m) the definitions of “mobile offshore drilling unit” and “mobile offshore support unit” shall be omitted;

(n) after the definition of “rake of keel” there shall be inserted—

““relevant entry into force date” means the date when the 1988 Protocol enters into force in respect of the Government of the parent country of the ship in question;”;

(o) after the definition of “surveyor” there shall be inserted—

““United Kingdom Load Line Certificate” means a certificate issued under regulation 9(1) other than an International Load Line Certificate;

“United Kingdom Load Line Exemption Certificate” means a certificate issued under regulation 12(2);”; and

(p) for the definition of “valid Convention certificate” there shall be substituted:

““valid Convention certificate” means—

(a)

an International Load Line Certificate (1966) or an International Load Line Exemption Certificate (1966), which is in force, or

(b)

an International Load Line Certificate or an International Load Line Exemption Certificate, which is in force;”.

(1)

Cmnd. 4419.