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The Merchant Shipping (Polar Code) (Safety) Regulations 2021
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Statutory Instruments
2021 No. 1401
Merchant Shipping
The Merchant Shipping (Polar Code) (Safety) Regulations 2021
Made
13th December 2021
Laid before Parliament
15th December 2021
Coming into force
6th January 2022
The Secretary of State is satisfied, for the purposes of section 47(2) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995(1), that it is necessary or expedient, in the interests of safety, to make Regulations in so far as they require ships to carry qualified seamen.
The Secretary of State, after consulting the persons referred to in section 86(4) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995(2), and in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 47(1), (3), (4), (4A) and (4B), 85(1), (3)(a), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (j), (k), (l), (n), (o), (p) and (q), and (5) to (7), 86(1)(a), (b), (c) and (d), 128(5) and (6), 302(1), 306A and 307(1) of that Act, and article 2 of the Merchant Shipping (Control of Pollution) (SOLAS) Order 1998(3), and with the consent of the Treasury, makes the following Regulations.
(1)
1995 c. 21. For amendments, see footnote (b) below. There are other amending instruments but none is relevant.
(2)
Sections 47A and 47B were inserted by the Marine Navigation Act 2013 (c. 23), section 10. Sections 85 and 86 were amended by the Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997 (c. 28), sections 8 and 29(2) and Schedule 7. Section 85 was amended by the British Overseas Territories Act 2002 (c. 8), section 2(3). Section 306A was inserted by the Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), section 106. There are other amendments but none is relevant.
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