The Merchant Shipping (Nuclear Ships) Regulations 2022

  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1 Preliminary

    1. 1.Citation, commencement, extent and amendments

    2. 2.Interpretation

    3. 3.Application

    4. 4.Ambulatory reference

    5. 5.Equivalents

    6. 6.Approvals

  3. PART 2 Special requirements for nuclear ships

    1. 7.Safety assessment

    2. 8.Design and construction of nuclear ships

    3. 9.Suitability of reactor installation for service on board a ship

    4. 10.Approval of reactor installation

    5. 11.Radiation safety

  4. PART 3 Operating requirements for nuclear ships

    1. 12.General operating requirements for nuclear ships

    2. 13.Safety assessment – operational requirements

    3. 14.Operating manual

    4. 15.Additional operating documentation

    5. 16.Emergency operation procedures

    6. 17.Maintenance and repair

    7. 18.Manning and training

    8. 19.Appeal against refusal, alteration, suspension or cancellation of an approval

  5. PART 4 Survey and certification of nuclear ships

    1. 20.Surveys of United Kingdom nuclear ships

    2. 21.Certification of nuclear ships

    3. 22.Duration and validity of a Nuclear Ship Safety Certificate

    4. 23.Responsibilities of owner and master

    5. 24.Procedure to be adopted when a United Kingdom nuclear ship is deficient

    6. 25.Cancellation of Nuclear Ship Safety Certificate

    7. 26.Arbitration

    8. 27.Prohibition on proceeding on any voyage without the appropriate certificate

  6. PART 5 Miscellaneous requirements for nuclear ships

    1. 28.Quality assurance programme

    2. 29.Decommissioning of nuclear ships

    3. 30.Loss of nuclear ships

  7. PART 6 Control and enforcement

    1. 31.Offences and penalties

    2. 32.Special control

    3. 33.Detention

    4. 34.Review of the Regulations

  8. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE

      Amendments

      1. 1.The Merchant Shipping (Survey and Certification) Regulations 2015

      2. 2.In regulation 5 (application and exemption)— (a) after paragraph (2)(e),...

      3. 3.The Merchant Shipping (Fees) Regulations 2018

      4. 4.In Schedule 1 (fees under the Merchant Shipping Act 1995),...

  10. Explanatory Note