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The Merchant Shipping (Safety of Navigation) Regulations 2002
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Changes and effects yet to be applied to Regulation 4:
- Regulations applied by S.I. 2010/332 reg. 5(3)(e)
- Regulations excluded by SI 1998/2771 Sch. 1 Table (as substituted) by S.I. 2016/353 reg. 3(1) Sch. 1
- Regulations excluded by SI 1998/2771 Sch. 2 Table (as substituted) by S.I. 2016/353 reg. 3(2) Sch. 2
- Regulations revoked by S.I. 2020/673 Sch. Pt. 2
- reg. 4(2)(b) word omitted by S.I. 2010/680 Sch.
- reg. 4(2)(b) words substituted by S.I. 2004/2110 Sch. 3 para. 3
- reg. 4(2)(c) words inserted by S.I. 2010/680 Sch.
- reg. 4(4)(e) words substituted by S.I. 2004/302 Sch. para. 1
- reg. 4(5) words inserted by S.I. 2004/2110 Sch. 3 para. 5
Changes and effects yet to be applied to the whole Instrument associated Parts and Chapters:
- Order excluded by S.I. 1998/1609 Sch. Table (as substituted) by S.I. 2016/354 reg. 4 Sch. by S.I. 2016/354 Sch. Table
Whole provisions yet to be inserted into this Instrument (including any effects on those provisions):
- Sch. 4 para. 6A inserted by S.I. 2011/2978 reg. 2(5)(a)
- reg. 4(2)(d)-(e) substituted by S.I. 2010/1075 Sch. 2
- reg. 4(2A)(2B) inserted by S.I. 2004/2110 Sch. 3 para. 4
- reg. 4(5A) inserted by S.I. 2004/2110 Sch. 3 para. 6
- reg. 4(6A) inserted by S.I. 2004/2110 Sch. 3 para. 7
- reg. 12 inserted by S.I. 2011/2978 reg. 2(4)
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4.—(1) Subject to the following paragraphs and to the provisions of individual regulations in Chapter V, these Regulations apply to all United Kingdom ships wherever they may be and to all other ships while they are within United Kingdom waters.
(2) These Regulations do not apply to—
(a)warships or naval auxiliaries;
(b)ships, other than United Kingdom ships, which are owned or operated by a Contracting Government and used only on government non-commercial service; or
(c)ships navigating solely the Great Lakes of North America and their connecting and tributary waters as far east as the lower exit of the St. Lambert Lock at Montreal in the Province of Quebec, Canada.
(3) In their operation in relation to systems and equipment regulated by regulations 19 and 20 in Chapter V, paragraphs 1 to 3 and 7 and 8 of regulation 18 in Chapter V do not apply in relation to ships below 150 tons engaged on any voyage.
(4) Regulation 19 in Chapter V does not apply to—
(a)United Kingdom ships of Class V;
(b)United Kingdom ships which are neither passenger ships nor sea-going;
(c)new ships of Class A, B, C or D;
(d)fishing vessels; or
(e)high-speed craft to which the Merchant Shipping (High-Speed Craft) Regulations 1996 M1 apply.
(5) Regulation 19 in Chapter V shall cease to apply on the relevant date to existing ships of Class A, B, C or D, of 24 metres or over in length; and in this paragraph, “the relevant date” means the date specified in relation to each description of ship referred to in the table in regulation 4(1) of the Merchant Shipping (Passenger Ships on Domestic Voyages) Regulations 2000 M2.
(6) Paragraphs 2.1.1 to 2.1.6 and 2.1.8 and 2.1.9 of regulation 19 in Chapter V, and regulations 24 to 28 in Chapter V, do not apply to pleasure vessels below 150 tons engaged on any voyage.
(7) Paragraph 2.4 of regulation 19 in Chapter V does not apply to United Kingdom passenger ships which—
(a)are not sea-going, or
(b)are below 300 tons and not engaged on international voyages.
(8) Regulations 22 and 34 in Chapter V apply in addition to hovercraft registered in the United Kingdom, wherever they may be, and to other hovercraft while they are within United Kingdom waters.
(9) Regulation 23 in Chapter V does not apply to—
(a)ships below 150 tons engaged on any voyage;
(b)ships below 500 tons not engaged on international voyages; or
(c)fishing vessels,
unless they are engaged on a voyage during the course of which a pilot is likely to be employed.
(10) Regulations 24 to 26 in Chapter V do not apply to ships other than sea-going ships.
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