3 Application
1 These Regulations apply to—
(a) ro-ro passenger ships and high-speed passenger craft which are United Kingdom ships, wherever they may be, and
(b) ro-ro passenger ships and high-speed passenger craft which are non-United Kingdom ships, while they are within United Kingdom waters,
which are operating on a regular service set out in paragraph (2).
2 The regular service referred to in paragraph (1) is—
(a) a regular service between a port in the United Kingdom and a port of a country other than a member State, or
(b) a regular service between ports in the United Kingdom in sea areas in which ships of Class A may operate in accordance with the Merchant Shipping (Passenger Ships on Domestic Voyages) Regulations 2000.
S.I. 2000/2687, amended by S.I. 2004/2883, 2018/53, 1221, 2020/1222; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.
3 For the purposes of this regulation, “non-United Kingdom ship” means any ship other than a United Kingdom ship.