Stability requirements of the Stockholm Agreement
5.—(1) A United Kingdom ro-ro passenger ship which is an existing ship operating on a regular scheduled service which is an international voyage to or from a port in a State which is party to the Stockholm Agreement shall comply with the requirements specified in Merchant Shipping Notice 1790 which are the stability requirements of the Stockholm Agreement, taking into account in such compliance the guidelines set out in Annex II of the Directive in so far as this is practicable and compatible with the design of that ship:
(a)if it is a ship to which regulation 4(2) applies, from 29th November 2004 until 30th September 2010, and
(b)if it is any other ship, from 29th November 2004 until 30th September 2015.
(2) A non-United Kingdom ro-ro passenger ship which is an existing ship operating on a regular scheduled service which is an international voyage to or from a port in the United Kingdom shall comply with the requirements specified in Merchant Shipping Notice 1790 which are the stability requirements of the Stockholm Agreement, taking into account in such compliance the guidelines set out in Annex II of the Directive in so far as this is practicable and compatible with the design of that ship:
(a)if it is a ship to which regulation 4(2) applies, from 29th November 2004 until 30th September 2010, and
(b)if it is any other ship, from 29th November 2004 until 30th September 2015.
(3) A ro-ro passenger ship or high speed craft to which this paragraph of this regulation applies shall comply with the stability requirements specified in Merchant Shipping Notice 1790 which are the stability requirements of the Stockholm Agreement, taking into account in such compliance the guidelines set out in Annex II of the Directive in so far as this is practicable and compatible with the design of that ship or craft.