2021 No. 1401
The Merchant Shipping (Polar Code) (Safety) Regulations 2021
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State is satisfied, for the purposes of section 47(2) of the Merchant Shipping Act 19951, 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 19952, 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 19983, and with the consent of the Treasury, makes the following Regulations.