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Statutory Instruments
Merchant Shipping
Safety
Made
23rd March 2015
Laid before Parliament
26th March 2015
Coming into force
9th June 2015
M1M2M3M4The Secretary of State is a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to measures relating to maritime transport , measures relating to the safety of ships and the health and safety of persons on them and measures relating to the recognition of higher-education diplomas, formal qualifications, or experience in the occupation, required for the pursuit of professions or occupations .
M5The Secretary of State is satisfied, for the purposes of section 47(2) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 , that it is necessary or expedient, in the interests of safety to make the Regulations in so far as they require ships to carry qualified seamen.
The Secretary of State has consulted such persons as are required to be consulted by sections 86(4) and 306(4) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995.
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 M6 and by sections 47(1), (4A) and (4B), 85(1), (3), (5) to (7), 86(1) and (2) and 307(1) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 M7.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Regulations excluded by S.I. 1998/1609 Sch. Table (as substituted by S.I. 2016/354 reg. 4 Sch. (6.4.2016) by The Merchant Shipping (Small Workboats and Pilot Boats) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/354), Sch.)
C2Regulations excluded by SI 1998/2771 Sch. 2 Table (as substituted (6.4.2016) by The Merchant Shipping (Vessels in Commercial Use for Sport or Pleasure) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/353), regs. 1(1), 3(2), Sch. 2)
C3Regulations excluded by SI 1998/2771 Sch. 1 Table (as substituted (6.4.2016) by The Merchant Shipping (Vessels in Commercial Use for Sport or Pleasure) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/353), regs. 1(1), 3(1), Sch. 1)
Marginal Citations
M51995 c. 21. Section 47 was amended by the Marine Navigation Act 2013 (c. 23), section 10.
M6Section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) and by Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7).
M71995 c.21. Section 47 was amended by section 10 of the Marine Navigation Act 2013 (c.23). Sections 85 and 86 were amended by section 8 of, and Part 1 of Schedule 7 to, the Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997 (c. 28). Sections 85 and 86 are applied to hovercraft by article 4 of the Hovercraft (Application of Enactments) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/1350) (sections 85 and 86 re-enact sections 21 and 22 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1979 (c.39) which are referred to in that article).
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