PART 2SHIP REPORTING AND MONITORING
Vessel traffic services outside territorial seas7
1
Paragraph (2) applies to—
a
a United Kingdom ship; and
b
a non-United Kingdom ship which is bound for a port in the United Kingdom.
2
The master of a ship referred to in paragraph (1) shall ensure that, when the ship enters a VTS area outside the territorial sea of an EEA State and that VTS is operated in accordance with the IMO guidelines by—
a
an EEA State ; or
b
co-operating States,
the ship shall participate in, and comply with, the rules of that VTS.
3
The master of a non-United Kingdom ship which is not bound for a port in the United Kingdom shall ensure that, when the ship enters a VTS area outside the territorial sea of the United Kingdom and that VTS is operated by—
a
the United Kingdom; or
b
two or more States one of which is the United Kingdom,
the ship shall follow the rules of that VTS whenever possible.
4
If the MCA is of the opinion that a non-United Kingdom ship has failed substantially to comply with paragraph (3), the MCA shall report that failure to the flag State of the ship in question.
5
In this regulation, “co-operating States” and “rules”, in relation to a VTS, have the same meaning as they have in regulation 6.