Amendment of the Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Survey and Certification) Regulations 20134

1

The Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Survey and Certification) Regulations 20139 are amended as follows.

2

In regulation 2(1) (interpretation), in the definition of “pleasure vessel”—

a

in paragraph (a), for sub-paragraph (i) substitute—

i

in the case of a vessel wholly owned by—

aa

an individual or individuals, used only for the sport or pleasure of the owner or the immediate family or friends of the owner; or

bb

a body corporate, used only for sport or pleasure and on which the persons on board are employees or officers of the body corporate, or their immediate family or friends; and

b

in the words after paragraph (b), for “paragraphs” substitute “paragraph”.