Statutory Instruments
Merchant Shipping
Safety
Made
19th December 2022
Coming into force
10th January 2023
The Secretary of State is satisfied, for the purposes of section 47(2) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995(1), 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 sections 86(4) and 306(4) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, and in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 47(1), (3), (4), (4A) and (4B), 85(1), (3), (5) to (7), 86(1)(a), (b), (c) and (d), 302(1), 306A and 307 of that Act, and article 2 of the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution) (Law of the Sea Convention) Order 1996(2), and with the consent of the Treasury, makes the following Regulations.
In accordance with paragraph 13(1) of Schedule 8 to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018(3), a draft of this instrument has been laid before Parliament and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament.
1995 c. 21. Subsections (4A) and (4B) of section 47 were inserted by section 10 of the Marine Navigation Act 2013 (c. 23). Sections 85 and 86 were amended by the Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997 (c. 28), sections 8 and 29(2) and Schedule 7. Section 85 was amended by the British Overseas Territories Act 2002 (c. 8), section 2(3). Section 306A was inserted by the Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), section 106. There are other amendments but none is relevant. Sections 47, 85 and 86 are applied to hovercraft by the Hovercraft (Application of Enactments) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/1350).
S.I. 1996/282. Article 2 was amended by the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), Schedule 4, Part 1, paragraph 3 and S.I. 2022/844. There is another amendment which is not relevant. Article 2 is applied to hovercraft by the Hovercraft (Application of Enactments) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/1350).
2018 c. 16. Paragraph 13 of Schedule 8 was amended by the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 (c. 1), Schedule 5, paragraph 54(8) and the European Union (Future Relationship) Act 2020 (c. 29) Schedule 6, paragraph 8. There are other amendments but none is relevant.