ApplicationU.K.

3.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), these Regulations apply to—

(a)United Kingdom ships which are cargo ships of less than 500 gross tons and which are 24 metres or more in length, wherever they may be; and

(b)non-United Kingdom cargo ships of less than 500 gross tons and which are 24 metres or more in length, while they are within United Kingdom waters.

(2) These Regulations do not apply to—

(a)non-United Kingdom cargo ships exercising the right of—

(i)innocent passage; or

(ii)transit passage through straits used for international navigation; and

(b)any naval auxiliary or other ship owned or operated by a State and used, for the time being, only on government, non-commercial service.

(3) In this regulation—

“gross tons” means the gross tonnage of a ship determined in accordance with the Schedule (Gross Tonnage);

“length” has the same meaning as in regulation 2 of the Merchant Shipping (Load Line) Regulations 1998(1).

Commencement Information

I1Reg. 3 in force at 30.6.2021, see reg. 1(1)

(1)

S.I. 1998/2241. The definition of “length” was substituted by S.I. 2000/1335.