Statutory Instruments
2003 No. 2951
MERCHANT SHIPPING
SAFETY
The Merchant Shipping (Fire Protection) Regulations (Amendment) Regulations 2003
Made
14th November 2003
Laid before Parliament
19th November 2003
Coming into force
11th December 2003
The Secretary of State, after consulting the persons referred to in section 86(4) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995(1), in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 85(1)(a) and (b), (3) and (5) to (7) and section 86(1) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement and interpretationI1
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Fire Protection) Regulations (Amendment) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 11th December 2003.
(2) In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the Merchant Shipping (Fire Protection: Large Ships) Regulations 1998 ( 2 ).
Interpretation of principal Regulations
F12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Application of principal Regulations
F13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Principal Regulations: Repairs, alterations etc.
F14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Principal Regulations: Machinery spaces of Category A
F15. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Principal Regulations: Fire detection and alarm systems etc.
F16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Principal Regulations: Emergency escape breathing devices
F17. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Principal Regulations: Cargo tank purging and/or gas freeing
F18. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Principal Regulations: Gas monitoring systems for tankers and combination carriers
F19. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Principal Regulations: Deep-fat cooking equipment
F110. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Principal Regulations: Operational readiness and maintenance
F111. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Amendment of Merchant Shipping (Fire Protection: Small Ships) Regulations 1998I2
12. Regulation 1(7)(a)(i) of the Merchant Shipping (Fire Protection: Small Ships) Regulations 1998(3) shall be amended as follows:
(a)after “VII(A)” there shall be inserted “VII(T)”,
(b)after “VIII(A)” there shall be inserted “VIII(T), VIII(A)(T), and
(c)after “IX” there shall be inserted “IX(A)(T)”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
David Jamieson
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department for Transport
14th November 2003
1995 c. 21; sections 85 and 86 were amended by the Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997 (c. 28), section 8.
S.I. 1998/1011, amended by S.I. 1999/992 and S.I. 2000/2687.