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Merchant Shipping
Safety
Made
17th July 2023
Laid before Parliament
19th July 2023
Coming into force
10th August 2023
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations, with the consent of the Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 85(1), (3)(c), (d), (f), (l), (o), (p) and (q), (5) to (7), 86(1)(a) to (c), 302(1) and 306A of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995(1).
In accordance with section 86(4) of that Act, the Secretary of State has consulted such persons as the Secretary of State considers will be affected by these Regulations.
1995 c. 21. Sections 85 and 86 were amended by the Merchant Shipping and Security Act 1997 (c. 28), sections 8 and 29(2) and Schedule 7, Part 1. 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 85 and 86 are applied to hovercraft by the Hovercraft (Application of Enactments) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/1350).
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