The Merchant Shipping (Carriage of Cargoes) Regulations 2024

Approvals

8.—(1) The Secretary of State, or any person authorised by the Secretary of State, may grant an approval in relation to a ship for anything in Chapter VI requiring to be—

(a) approved by the Administration of the State whose flag the ship is entitled to fly; or

(b) done to the satisfaction of such Administration(1).

(2) Unless approved under the Merchant Shipping (Marine Equipment) Regulations 2016(2), equipment required by Chapter VI and placed on board a United Kingdom ship must be approved by the Secretary of State, or any person authorised by the Secretary of State.

(3) An approval given under paragraph (1) or (2) may, on the giving of reasonable notice, be continued, altered or cancelled.

(4) An approval given under paragraph (1) or (2), or a continuation, alteration or cancellation under paragraph (3), must—

(a) be in writing;

(b) specify the date on which it takes effect; and

(c) specify the terms, if any, on which it is given.

(5) The requirement that the approval referred to in paragraph (1) or (2), or the continuation, alteration or cancellation under paragraph (3), be in writing is satisfied where the text of the approval, continuation, alteration or cancellation is—

(a) transmitted by electronic means;

(b) received in legible form; and

(c) capable of being used for subsequent reference.

(1)

The circumstances in which the approval of the Secretary of State is required in relation to United Kingdom ships are set out in Marine Guidance Note 699(M); this is available on www.gov.uk/topic/ships-cargoes/m-notices and in hard copy from the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) of Spring Place, 105 Commercial Road, Southampton SO15 1EG (telephone [phone] and email [e-mail]).

(2)

S.I. 2016/1025, amended by S.I. 2019/470, 2019/1304, 2020/1000 and SI 2024/504; there are other amendments but none is relevant. Relevant standards are set out in Annex 1 to MSN 1874 (M+F) Amendment 8, which is available on https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/msn-1874-mf-amendment-8-marine-equipment-united-kingdom-conformity-assessment-procedures-for-marine-equipment-other-approval-and-standards and in hard copy from the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) of Spring Place, 105 Commercial Road, Southampton SO15 1EG (telephone [phone] and email [e-mail]).