The Merchant Shipping (Fire Protection) Regulations 2023

3.  In regulation 45 (application and special requirements)— U.K.

(a) for paragraph (1), substitute—

“(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (2A), every passenger ship and every cargo ship which is intended, or which contains cargo spaces which are intended, for the carriage of dangerous goods, must comply with the protective requirements prescribed in Merchant Shipping Notice 1669 (M) (Amendment 1).”;

(b) in paragraph (2)(b), for “1.1 of regulation 54” substitute “2.1 of regulation 19”;

(c) after paragraph (2), insert—

“(2A) A cargo ship of less than 500 tons engaged on international voyages constructed on or after 1st February 1992 and before 1st July 2002, must comply with paragraph 3 of regulation 19 of Chapter II-2 of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea 1974, except that such a ship constructed before 1st July 1998 is not required to comply with paragraphs 3.10.1 and 3.10.2 of that regulation.”;

(d) after paragraph (4), insert—

“(5) In this regulation, any reference to Chapter II-2 of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea 1974 (“the Convention”) is to be construed—

(a) as a reference to Chapter II-2 of the Convention as modified from time to time; and

(b) as, if Chapter II-2 of the Convention is replaced, a reference to the replacement.

(6) For the purposes of paragraph (5), Chapter II-2 of the Convention is modified or replaced if the modification or replacement takes effect in accordance with Article VIII of the Convention.

(7) A modification or replacement of Chapter II-2 of the Convention has effect at the time such modification or replacement comes into force in accordance with Article VIII of the Convention.”.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 1 para. 3 in force at 15.6.2023, see reg. 1(1)