The Merchant Shipping (Boatmasters' Qualifications, Crew and Hours of Work) Regulations 2015

The Secretary of State for Transport is a Minister designated M1 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 M2 in relation to measures relating to the safety of ships and the health and safety of persons on them, to recognition of higher education diplomas, formal qualifications, or experience in the occupation, required for the pursuit of professions or occupations and to navigation on inland waterways.

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 47(1) and (3) to (4B), 85(1), (3) and (5) to (7), 86(1) and (2), 302(1) and 307(1) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 M3 (“the Act”) and by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, makes the following Regulations.

The Secretary of State is satisfied, for the purposes of section 47(2) of the Act, that it is necessary or expedient in the interests of safety to make the Regulations in so far as they specify standards of competence to be attained and other conditions to be satisfied by officers and other seamen.

The Secretary of State, in so far as the Regulations are safety regulations M4, has consulted the persons referred to in section 86(4) of the Act and, in so far as the Regulations are made under section 47 of the Act, has consulted with the organisations referred to in section 306(4) of the Act M5.

The consent of the Treasury has been given, in so far as the Regulations are made under section 302(1) of the Act.