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Statutory Instruments
merchant shipping
Made
29th October 2007
Laid before Parliament
1st November 2007
Coming into force
1st March 2008
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(1) and sections 85(1), (3), (5), (6) and (7) and 86(1) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995(2).
The Secretary of State is a Minister designated(3) for the purpose of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to measures relating to the safety of ships, and the health and safety of persons in them.
In so far as the following Regulations are made in the exercise of powers conferred by section 85 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, the Secretary of State has in pursuance of section 86(4) of that Act consulted persons in the United Kingdom that she considered would be affected by her proposal to make these Regulations.
1995 c. 21; section 85 was amended by the Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997 (c. 28) section 8, Schedule 7, Part I and by the British Overseas Territories Act 2002 (c. 8), section 2(3).
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