Amendments to the Merchant Shipping (Vessel Traffic Monitoring and Reporting Requirements) Regulations 2004
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3. The Merchant Shipping (Vessel Traffic Monitoring and Reporting Requirements) Regulations 2004(1) are amended as follows—
(a)in regulation 4(2)(c) after “fishing vessels” add “having a length of less than 45 metres”;
(b)in regulation 4(2)(d) after “traditional ships” add “having a length of less than 45 metres”;
(c)in regulation 4(6)—
(i)omit “, in relation to a recreational craft,”, and
(ii)for “the craft”, at each place where it occurs, substitute “the vessel, ship or craft”;
(d)in regulation 5(6) for “by the quickest means possible” substitute “and whenever practicable the notification by the port authority shall be made electronically”; and
(e)at the end of regulation 16(2)(c) add “or”.
(1)
S.I. 2004/2110, amended by S.I. 2005/1092.