Statutory Instruments
2004 No. 1469
MERCHANT SHIPPING
The Merchant Shipping (Hours of Work) (Amendment) Regulations 2004
Made
1st June 2004
Laid before Parliament
15th June 2004
Coming into force
7th July 2004
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 by sections 85(1), (3) and (7) and 86(1) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Hours of Work) (Amendment) Regulations 2004 and shall come into force on the 7th of July 2004.
Amendment of the Merchant Shipping (Hours of Work) Regulations 2002
2. —(1) The Merchant Shipping (Hours of Work) Regulations 2002( 2 ) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2–
(a) in the definition of “sea-going” in paragraph (1), for “certified” there is substituted “certificated”; and
(b) in paragraph (2), the word “and” after sub-paragraph (a) is deleted and after sub-paragraph (b) there is inserted–
“ ; and
(c) in relation to any state other than a member State, any authority designated as such by that State. ” .
(3) In regulation 3(1)(b)–
(a) for “sea-going ships of member States other than the United Kingdom” there is substituted “sea-going ships other than United Kingdom ships,”; and
(b) paragraph (iv) is revoked.
(4) For the heading to regulation 15 there is substituted “Inspection of ships other than United Kingdom ships”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
David Jamieson
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department for Transport
1st June 2004
1995 c. 21 ; sections 85 and 86 were amended by the Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997 (c. 28) , section 8.
S.I. 2002/2125 , to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.