The Merchant Shipping (Life-Saving Appliances for Ships Other Than Ships of Classes III to VI(A)) (Amendment) Regulations 2000

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Merchant Shipping (Life-Saving Appliances for Ships Other Than Ships of Classes III to VI(A)) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/2721) (“the 1999 Regulations”). They have been made in consequence of defects in those Regulations, and are being issued free of charge to all known recipients of those Regulations.

The amendments are mainly made to correct mistaken cross-references and for the purpose of clarification, but the following changes of substance are also made:

(a) by regulation 2(9), Class II Ro-Ro Passenger Ships constructed before 1st July 1986 are given an additional period to comply with the requirements of regulation 8(19) of the 1999 Regulations,

(b) by regulation 5(5), (6) and (7)(b), Class XII Ships constructed on or after 1st July 1986 and before 1st July 1998 are given an additional period to comply with certain requirements of regulation 48 of the 1999 Regulations, and

(c) by regulation 6(6), Class II and II(A) Ro-Ro Passenger Ships constructed on or after 1st July 1998 which are 130 metres or over in length are required to be fitted with a helicopter emergency landing area.

The following three corrections to the Explanatory Note to the 1999 Regulations should also be noted:—

(a) in paragraph 1, before “1999” insert “29th October”,

(b) in paragraph 2, for “Julu” substitute “July” and

(c) in paragraph 3, delete “not”.