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

Non-passenger ships constructed before 1st July 1986

3.—(1) In regulation 10(12)(c), for the words “a ship of under 500 tons” there shall be substituted the words “a ship of 300 tons or over but under 500 tons”.

(2) In regulation 10(18), for the words “marine escape system” there shall be substituted the words “marine evacuation system”.

(3) In regulation 15(2), “(3),” shall be deleted, and at the end of the paragraph there shall be inserted the words “Each lifeboat required through the application of those provisions shall be not less than 7.3 metres in length.”.

(4) In regulation 16(2), “(3),” shall be deleted, and at the end of the paragraph there shall be inserted the words “Each lifeboat required through the application of those provisions shall be not less than 7.3 metres in length.”.

(5) In regulation 17(2):

(a) “(3),” shall be deleted,

(b) for the words “it applies to” there shall be substituted the words “they apply to ships of ”, and

(c) at the end of the paragraph there shall be inserted the words “Each lifeboat required through the application of those provisions shall be not less than 7.3 metres in length.”.

(6) In regulation 20, for everything before paragraph (2) there shall be substituted the following:

“Ships of Class XI

20.— (1) This regulation applies to ships of Class XI.”.

(7) In regulation 20(8)(b) and (c), after the words “500 tons or over” there shall be inserted the words “but under 1,600 tons”.

(8) In regulation 20(8)(b), for the words “two-way radiotelephone apparatus” there shall be substituted the words “two-way VHF radiotelephone apparatus”.

(9) In regulation 21(7)(b), for the words “not later than the first periodical survey after 1st July 2002” there shall be substituted the words “before 1st July 2003”.

(10) In regulation 28(14), for the words “regulations 7(2), 8(4) and 11(2)” there shall be substituted the words “regulations 7(3), 8(4) and 11(3)”.

(11) In regulation 32(1) and (2), for the words “two-way radiotelephone apparatus” there shall be substituted the words “two-way VHF radiotelephone apparatus”.

(12) In regulation 37(1), for the words “on or before” there shall be substituted the word “before”.