Statutory Instruments
2000 No. 482
MERCHANT SHIPPING
SAFETY
The Merchant Shipping (Vessels in Commercial Use for Sport or Pleasure) (Amendment) Regulations 2000
Made
25th February 2000
Laid before Parliament
1st March 2000
Coming into force
1st April 2000
The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, after consulting the persons referred to in section 86(4) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995( 1 ), in exercise of the powers conferred by section 85(1)(a) and (b), (3) and (5) to (7) and section 86(1) of that Act, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Vessels in Commercial Use for Sport or Pleasure) (Amendment) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 1st April 2000.
Amendment of Regulations
2. The Merchant Shipping (Vessels in Commercial Use for Sport or Pleasure) Regulations 1998( 2 ) shall be amended:
(a) by inserting, in regulation 5(2)(a) after the words “The Safety of Small Commercial Motor Vessels—A Code of Practice”, the words “or “The Safety of Small Vessels in Commercial Use for Sport or Pleasure Operating from a Nominated Departure Point—A Code of Practice””;
(b) by adding at the end of the sub-heading to Schedule 2 the words:
“OR SMALL VESSELS IN COMMERCIAL USE FOR SPORT OR PLEASURE OPERATING FROM A NOMINATED DEPARTURE POINT”; and
(c) by inserting in Schedule 2 in column 3 in relation to the entry for the Merchant Shipping (Fire Protection: Small Ships) Regulations 1998( 3 ), “ 1999/992 ”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Keith Hill
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
25th February 2000
1995 c. 21 ; sections 85 and 86 were amended by the Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997 (c. 28) , section 8.
S.I. 1998/2771 .
S.I. 1998/1011 .