SCHEDULE 1U.K.FEES UNDER THE MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT 1995

PART 1U.K.Surveys, Inspections and Applications for Exemption

InterpretationU.K.

1.  In this Part, “the statutory requirements” means requirements imposed by or under—U.K.

(a)the Act, and

(b)the statutory instruments listed in the Table in this Part.

Application of Part 1U.K.

2.—(1) Subject to paragraph 3, this Part applies to—U.K.

(a)the inspection of a ship, its equipment or management, for the issue of—

(i)a certificate; or

(ii)a letter of acceptance in lieu of a certificate;

(b)the approval and appointment of a surveyor not employed by the Agency to undertake an inspection mentioned in sub-paragraph (a), the consideration of the results thereof and the issue of a certificate or letter of acceptance in lieu of a certificate;

(c)an application for exemption from any of the statutory requirements (and the issue of an exemption, if approved);

(d)an inspection under section 258(1) of the Act;

(e)an inspection pursuant to the statutory requirements which results in the detention of a ship to which Part I of the Merchant Shipping (Port State Control) Regulations 2011 applies, and any subsequent inspection relating to the deficiencies which led to the detention;

(f)an inspection pursuant to the statutory requirements which results in the issue of a prevention of operation notice in accordance with regulation 9 of the Merchant Shipping (Mandatory Surveys for Ro-Ro Ferry and High Speed Passenger Craft) Regulations 2001 M1 and any subsequent inspection relating to the deficiencies which led to the issue of that notice.

[F1(g)an inspection for the purposes of an approval under regulation 9(2), or an extension of an approval under regulation 9(4), of the Merchant Shipping (Polar Code) (Safety) Regulations 2021]

(2) In this paragraph and paragraph 3, “certificate” means a certificate of compliance with any of the statutory requirements.

Textual Amendments

Marginal Citations

3.  Where a fee is prescribed under another Part of this Schedule in respect of an application for the issue of a certificate, that fee applies and not the fee prescribed under this Part.U.K.

Deposit and time for paymentU.K.

4.—(1) A person applying in respect of a service mentioned in paragraph 2(1)(a) or (c) must, before commencement of the work, pay a deposit on account of the fee calculated by reference to an estimate of the duration of the work likely to be required and the standard hourly rate.U.K.

(2) The amount of deposit is subject to review during the course of the work, and the applicant must pay any additional sum calculated by reference to any increased estimate of the work likely to be required.

(3) At the conclusion of the work, the fee is to be recalculated by reference to the actual duration and the difference is to be paid by, or as the case may be, refunded to, the applicant.

Fees for inspections, etc.U.K.

5.  Subject to any additional fee which may be payable under Part 14 of this Schedule, the fee for a service or function to which this Part applies performed by a person employed by the Agency is to be determined by reference to the time spent in doing the necessary work and calculated at the standard hourly rate.U.K.

Table of statutory instruments imposing statutory requirements
Title of instrumentS.I. numberAmending or modifying instruments
A CREW
[F2The Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Entry into Enclosed Spaces) Regulations 2022] [F32022/96]F4. . .
The Merchant Shipping (Provisions and Water) Regulations 19891989/102

1993/1072

2005/2114

2014/1614

The Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Medical Stores) Regulations 19951995/18021996/2821
The Merchant Shipping (Minimum Standards of Safety Communications) Regulations 19971997/529

1999/1704

2004/1266

2006/89

The Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Health and Safety at Work) Regulations 19971997/2962

1998/2411

2001/54

2014/1616

2015/21

2015/1692

2016/1026

The Merchant Shipping (Compulsory Insurance: Ships Receiving Trans-shipped Fish) Regulations 19981998/2092015/664
The Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Health and Safety at Work) (Employment of Young Persons) Regulations 19981998/2411

2002/2125

2002/2135

2015/21

The Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Personal Protective Equipment) Regulations 19991999/2205None
The Merchant Shipping (Vessel Traffic Monitoring and Reporting Requirements) Regulations 20042004/2110

2005/1092

2008/3145

2011/2616

2014/3306

2018/68

B CREW ACCOMMODATION
The Merchant Shipping (Crew Accommodation) (Fishing Vessels) Regulations 19751975/2220

1998/929

2002/2201

The Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Minimum requirements for Seafarers etc.) Regulations 20142014/1613

2018/242

2018/667

[F5The Merchant Shipping (Work in Fishing Convention) Regulations 2018 2018/1106None]
C DANGEROUS GOODS
The Merchant Shipping (Gas Carriers) Regulations 19941994/24642004/929
The Merchant Shipping (Reporting Requirements for Ships Carrying Dangerous or Polluting Goods) Regulations 19951995/2498

1999/2121

2001/1638

2004/2110

2005/1092

2008/3145

2014/3306

2018/68

The Merchant Shipping (Dangerous Goods and Marine Pollutants) Regulations 19971997/2367

2004/2110

2011/2616

The Merchant Shipping (Carriage of Irradiated Nuclear Fuel etc.) (INF Code) Regulations 20002000/3216None
D DIVING AND SUBMERSIBLES AND HOVERCRAFT
The Hovercraft (General) Order 19721972/674

1989/1351

1996/3173

2004/302

The Merchant Shipping (Submersible Craft Construction and Survey) Regulations 19811981/10981987/306
The Merchant Shipping (Submersible Craft Operations) Regulations 19871987/3111987/1603
E FIRE AND LIFE-SAVING
The Merchant Shipping (Fire Protection: Small Ships) Regulations 19981998/1011

1999/992

1999/1957

2000/2687

2003/2951

2004/302

2005/2114

2010/1075

The Merchant Shipping (Fire Protection: Large Ships) Regulations 19981998/1012

1999/992

1999/1957

2000/2687

2001/1638

2003/2950

2003/2951

2004/302

2005/2114

2016/1025

F6. . .F6. . .F6. . .
The Merchant Shipping (Musters, Training and Decision Support Systems) Regulations 19991999/2722

2004/302

2005/2114

The Merchant Shipping (Life-Saving Appliances for Passenger Ships of Classes III to VI(A)) Regulations 19991999/2723

2000/2687

2001/2642

2010/680

2010/1075

2016/1025

The Merchant Shipping (Fire Protection) Regulations 20032003/2950

2005/2114

2016/1025

[F7The Merchant Shipping (Life-Saving Appliances and Arrangements) Regulations 2020] [F82020/501] [F9None]
F FISHING VESSEL SAFETY
The Merchant Shipping (Official Log Books) (Fishing Vessels) Regulations 19811981/570

1983/1801

1997/1511

2002/1473

The Fishing Vessels (Safety Training) Regulations 19891989/1262004/2169
The Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Manual Handling Operations) Regulations 19981998/28571999/2205
The Fishing Vessels (Codes of Practice) Regulations 20172017/943None
G LOAD LINES
The Merchant Shipping (Load Lines) Regulations 19981998/2241

2000/1335

2005/2114

2011/603

2018/155

The Merchant Shipping (Carriage of Cargoes) Regulations 19991999/336None
The Merchant Shipping (International Load Line Convention) (Amendment) Regulations 20182018/155None
H RADIO AND NAVIGATIONAL EQUIPMENT
The Merchant Shipping (Radio) (Fishing Vessels) Rules 19741974/1919

1982/1292

1994/1104

1999/3210

The Merchant Shipping (Distress Signals and Prevention of Collisions) Regulations 19961996/75

2004/302

2015/664

The Merchant Shipping (Radio Installations) Regulations 19981998/2070

1999/1957

2000/2687

2001/1638

2004/302

2005/2114

2011/1043

2016/1025

The Merchant Shipping (Radio) (Fishing Vessels) Regulations 19991999/3210

2002/2201

2016/1025

The Merchant Shipping (EPIRB Registration) Regulations 20002000/1850None
F10. . .F10. . .F10. . .
[F11The Merchant Shipping (Safety of Navigation) Regulations 2020] [F122020/673] [F13None]
I CONSTRUCTION AND EQUIPMENT
The Merchant Shipping (Emergency Equipment Lockers for Ro/Ro Passenger Ships) Regulations 19881988/2272None
The Merchant Shipping (Emergency Information for Passengers) Regulations 19901990/660

2010/680

2010/1075

The Merchant Shipping (Cargo Ship Construction) Regulations 19971997/1509

1999/0643

2004/302

2004/2151

2005/2114

The Merchant Shipping (Small Workboats and Pilot Boats) Regulations 19981998/1609

2006/2055

2013/1785

2015/782

2016/354

The Merchant Shipping (Passenger Ship Construction: Ships of Classes I, II and II(A)) Regulations 19981998/2514

2000/2687

2001/1638

2002/1650

2004/302

2004/2884

The Merchant Shipping (Passenger Ship Construction: Ships of Classes III to VI(A)) Regulations 19981998/2515

2000/2687

2001/1638

2002/1650

2004/302

2010/680

2010/1075

The Merchant Shipping (Vessels in Commercial Use for Sport or Pleasure) Regulations 19981998/2771

2000/0482

2002/1473

2005/2114

2013/1785

2014/1614

2015/782

2016/353

2018/242

The Merchant Shipping (Passenger Ships on Domestic Voyages) Regulations 20002000/2687

2002/1473

2003/771

2004/302

2004/1107

2004/2883

2010/680

2010/1075

2012/2636

2018/53

The Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Safety Signs and Signals) Regulations 20012001/34442015/21
F14. . .F14. . .F14. . .
The Merchant Shipping (Ro-Ro Passenger Ships) (Stability) Regulations 20042004/2884None
The Merchant Shipping (Bridge Visibility) (Small Passenger Ships) Regulations 20052005/2286

2010/680

2010/1075

The Merchant Shipping (Marine Equipment) Regulations 20162016/1025None
[F15The Merchant Shipping (Nuclear Ships) Regulations 2022] [F162022/1169] [F17None]
[F18The Merchant Shipping (High Speed Offshore Support Craft) Regulations 2022 2022/412022/1219
The Merchant Shipping (High Speed Craft) Regulations 2022S.I. 2022/1219None]
J PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF POLLUTION
The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Oil Pollution) Order 19831983/1106

1985/2002

1991/2885

1993/1580

2015/664

The Merchant Shipping (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Order 19871987/470

1990/2595

1997/2569

1998/254

2015/664

The Merchant Shipping (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Order 19901990/2595None
The Merchant Shipping (Reporting Requirements for Ships Carrying Dangerous or Polluting Goods) Regulations 19951995/2498

1999/2121

2001/1638

2004/2110

2005/1092

2008/3145

2014/3306

2018/68

The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution) (Law of the Sea Convention) Order 19961996/282

2015/664

[F19The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Oil Pollution) Regulations 2019][F20S.I. 2019/42] [F21None]
The Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Co-operation Convention) Regulations 19981998/1056

2001/1639

2001/2568

2002/2626

2007/3224

2009/229

2014/3306

2015/386

2016/922

The Merchant Shipping (Control of Pollution) (SOLAS) Order 19981998/1500None
The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships) Regulations 20082008/2924

2010/895

2010/3035

2011/3056

2014/3076

2016/1025

[F222019/940]

[F23The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution by Garbage from Ships) Regulations 2020 2020/621 None
The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution by Sewage from Ships) Regulations 2020 2020/620 None ]
The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution from Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk) Regulations 20182018/68None
[F24The Merchant Shipping (Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments) Regulations 2022] [F242022/737] [F24None]
K MANNING AND CERTIFICATION
The Fishing Vessels (Certification of Deck Officers and Engineer Officers) Regulations 19841984/1115

1995/1428

1998/1013

The Merchant Shipping (Working Time: Inland Waterways) Regulations 20032003/3049

2006/3223

2009/3348

2013/1956

2014/386

2014/431

2017/1149

The Fishing Vessels (Working Time: Sea-fishermen) Regulations 20042004/1713

2009/3348

2013/1956

2014/386

2014/431

The Merchant Shipping (Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping) Regulations 20152015/7822018/68
L SURVEY AND CERTIFICATION
The Merchant Shipping (Mandatory Surveys for Ro-Ro Ferry and High Speed Passenger Craft) Regulations 20012001/1522004/1266
The Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Survey and Certification) Regulations 20132013/1785

2014/1614

2018/667

The Merchant Shipping (Survey and Certification) Regulations 20152015/508

2018/53

[F252022/42]

[F252022/1219]

[F26The Merchant Shipping (Work in Fishing Convention) (Survey and Certification) Regulations 2018 2018/1107None]
[F27The Merchant Shipping (Polar Code) (Safety) Regulations 2021] [F282021/1401] [F29None]
M TONNAGE MEASUREMENT
The Merchant Shipping (Tonnage) Regulations 19971997/1510

1998/1916

1999/3206

2005/2114

N SAFETY MANAGEMENT
The Merchant Shipping (Domestic Passenger Ships) (Safety Management Code) Regulations 20012001/3209

2004/302

2010/680

2010/1075

2014/1512

The Merchant Shipping (Passenger Ships) (Safety Code for UK Categorised Waters) Regulations 20102010/680

2010/1075

2011/3056

The Merchant Shipping (International Safety Management (ISM) Code) Regulations 20142014/1512None
O STRATEGIC SHIPS
The Merchant Shipping (Officer Nationality) Regulations 19951995/1427None
P PORT FACILITIES
The Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Port Waste Reception Facilities) Regulations 20032003/1809

2009/1176

2016/1211

2018/68

Q REGISTRATION
The Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Regulations 19931993/3138

1994/541

1998/1915

1998/2976

1999/3206

2012/1809

2017/879

Textual Amendments

F10Words in Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 5 table omitted (31.7.2020) by virtue of The Merchant Shipping (Safety of Navigation) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/673), reg. 1(1), Sch. para. 19(a) (with reg. 3)

F14Words in Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 5 table omitted (19.12.2022) by virtue of The Merchant Shipping (High Speed Craft) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1219), reg. 1(1), Sch. para. 23(a)(i) (with reg. 4(2)-(4))

F15Words in Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 5 table inserted (8.12.2022) by The Merchant Shipping (Nuclear Ships) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1169), reg. 1(1), Sch. para. 4(a) (with reg. 3)