2022 No. 1169

Merchant ShippingSafety

The Merchant Shipping (Nuclear Ships) Regulations 2022

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 85(1), (3), (5) and (7), 86(1)(a), (b), (c) and (d), 302(1) and 306A of that Act, article 2 of the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution) (Law of the Sea Convention) Order 19963, and article 2 of the Merchant Shipping (Control of Pollution) (SOLAS) Order 19984, and with the consent of the Treasury, makes the following Regulations