The Merchant Shipping (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018

CitationU.K.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018.

CommencementU.K.

2. These Regulations come into force—

(a)for the purposes of regulations 1, 2 and 3 on the 22nd day after the day on which these Regulations are laid, and

(b)for all other purposes, on exit day.

PART 1U.K.Amendment of secondary legislation

Amendments which take effect before exit dayU.K.

3.—(1) In each of the regulations specified in paragraph (2), omit the definition of “EEA Agreement” and for the definition of “EEA State” substitute—

““EEA State” has the meaning given by Schedule 1 to the Interpretation Act 1978 M1.”.

(2) The regulations specified for the purpose of paragraph (1) are—

(a)regulation 2(1) of the Merchant Shipping (Cargo Ship Construction) Regulations 1997 M2,

(b)regulation 1(2) of the Merchant Shipping (Fire Protection: Small Ships) Regulations 1998 M3,

(c)regulation 1(2) of the Merchant Shipping (Fire Protection: Large Ships) Regulations 1998 M4,

(d)regulation 2 of the Merchant Shipping (Radio Installations) Regulations 1998 M5,

(e)regulation 2(2) of the Merchant Shipping (Passenger Ship Construction: Ships of Classes I, II and II(A)) Regulations 1998 M6,

(f)regulation 2(2) of the Merchant Shipping (Passenger Ship Construction: Ships of Classes III to VI(A)) Regulations 1998 M7,

(g)regulation 2(1) of the Merchant Shipping (Additional Safety Measures for Bulk Carriers) Regulations 1999 M8,

(h)regulation 2(2) of the Merchant Shipping (Life-Saving Appliances for Ships Other than Ships of Classes III to VI(A)) Regulations 1999 M9,

(i)regulation 2(2) of the Merchant Shipping (Life-Saving Appliances For Passenger Ships of Classes III To VI(A)) Regulations 1999 M10, and

(j)regulation 2(1) of the Merchant Shipping (Ro-Ro Passenger Ships) (Stability) Regulations 2004 M11.

(3) In each of the regulations specified in paragraph (4) for the definition of “EEA State” substitute—

““EEA State” has the meaning given by Schedule 1 to the Interpretation Act 1978.”.

(4) The regulations specified for the purpose of paragraph (3) are—

(a)regulation 1(2) of the Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Regulations 1993 M12, and

(b)regulation 2(1) of the Merchant Shipping (Mandatory Surveys for Ro-Ro Ferry and High Speed Passenger Craft) Regulations 2001 M13.

(5) In the Merchant Shipping (High Speed Craft) Regulations 2004 M14, in regulation 7A (safety requirements for persons with reduced mobility) in paragraph (1)(b) for “a State, other than the United Kingdom, which is a Contracting Party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992 as adjusted by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993” substitute “ an EEA State ”.

Marginal Citations

M11978 c. 30; Schedule 1 was amended by the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c. 16), section 23(5) and Schedule 8, paragraphs 18 and 22(b), (c) and (e).

M2S.I. 1997/1509, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

M3S.I. 1998/1011, amended by S.I. 2000/2687; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.

M4S.I. 1998/1012, amended by S.I. 2000/2687; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.

M5S.I. 1998/2070, relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2000/2687, 2011/1043.

M6S.I. 1998/2514, amended by S.I. 2000/2687; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.

M7S.I. 1998/2515, amended by S.I. 2000/2687; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.

M8S.I. 1999/1644.

M9S.I. 1999/2721, relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2000/2558, 2687.

M10S.I. 1999/2723, amended by S.I. 2000/2687; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.

M11S.I. 2004/2884.

M12S.I. 1993/3138 as preserved by virtue of section 17(2)(b) Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30) following the consolidation of the Merchant Shipping (Registration, etc.) Act 1993 by the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (c. 21), and as amended by S.I.1998/2976 and 2012/1809; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.

M13S.I. 2001/152, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

M14S.I. 2004/302; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2004/2883, 2012/2636, 2016/1025.