PART 5OFFENCES, PENALTIES, INSPECTIONS AND DETENTIONS

Enforcement of detention

23.—(1) Section 284 of the Act(1) (enforcing detention of ship) applies where a ship is liable to be detained under these Regulations as if—

(a)references to detention of a ship under the Act were references to detention of a ship in question under these Regulations; and

(b)subsection (7) were omitted.

(2) Where a ship is liable to be detained under these Regulations, the person detaining the ship shall serve on the master of the ship a detention notice which shall—

(a)state that a surveyor of ships is of the opinion that in relation to that ship there is a failure to comply with the requirements of these Regulations;

(b)specify the matters which, in the opinion of the surveyor of ships, have the effect that in relation to that ship those requirements are not met; and

(c)require the terms of the notice to be complied with until the ship is released by any person mentioned in section 284(1) of the Act.

(1)

Section 284 was amended by the Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997, section 9 and Schedule 1 paragraph 5.