The Merchant Shipping (Polar Code) (Safety) Regulations 2021

Amendment of the Merchant Shipping (Fees) Regulations 2018 U.K.

11.—(1) The Merchant Shipping (Fees) Regulations 2018(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation), in the definition of “premium service”, at the end insert “, or attending a priority appointment online”.

(3) In regulation 4 (payment for travel, subsistence and other expenses)—

(a) in paragraph (1), in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b), after “a ship” insert “or a person”;

(b) in paragraph (2), after “a ship” insert “or a person”.

(4) In Part 1 of Schedule 1 (fees under the Merchant Shipping Act 1995)—

(a) in paragraph 2(1) (surveys, inspections and applications for exemption), at the end of paragraph (f), insert—

“(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”;

(b) in the table in paragraph 5 (fees for inspections, etc.), in Section L (survey and certification), at the end—

(i) in the first column, insert “The Merchant Shipping (Polar Code) (Safety) Regulations 2021”;

(ii) in the second column, insert “2021/1401”;

(iii) in the third column, insert “None”.

(5) In Part 2 of Schedule 1 (certificates and examinations for officers)—

(a) in paragraph 1–

(i) after sub-paragraph (a), omit “or”;

(ii) at the end of sub-paragraph (b), insert–

“, or

(c) the Merchant Shipping (Polar Code) (Safety) Regulations 2021”;

(b) in the Table of fees, for item 7 substitute–

“7	A revalidation of a Certificate of Competency	£54
8	The assessment of an application for a Certificate of Proficiency, except under regulations 16 and 17 of the Merchant Shipping (Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping) Regulations 2015	£34
9	A revalidation of a Certificate of Proficiency, except under regulations 16 and 17 of the Merchant Shipping (Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping) Regulations 2015;	£54”

(c) after paragraph 2, insert—

“Premium service

3.   Where a person requests and receives premium service for either item 1 or item 2 in the Table of fees in this Part, a fee of £150 is payable in addition to the sum of the fees paid on the same occasion.”.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 11 in force at 6.1.2022, see reg. 1(1)

(1)

S.I. 2018/1104. There are amending instruments which are not relevant.