Statutory Instruments
2008 No. 3145
Merchant Shipping
The Merchant Shipping (Vessel Traffic Monitoring and Reporting Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
Made
5th December 2008
Laid before Parliament
11th December 2008
Coming into force
2nd January 2009
The Secretary of State is a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972( 1 ) in relation to matters relating to the safety of ships and the safety of persons on them and to maritime transport ( 2 ).
The Secretary of State, in so far as the following Regulations are made in exercise of the powers conferred by section 85 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995( 3 ), has consulted with the persons referred to in section 86(4) of that Act.
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, and by sections 85 and 86 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, makes the following Regulations.
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Vessel Traffic Monitoring and Reporting Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 and shall come into force on 2nd January 2009.
Amendments to the Merchant Shipping (Reporting Requirements for Ships Carrying Dangerous or Polluting Goods) Regulations 1995
2.Regulation 3 of the Merchant Shipping (Reporting Requirements for Ships Carrying Dangerous or Polluting Goods) Regulations 1995( 4 ) is amended as follows—
(a) in paragraph (4)—
(i) after “or more” insert “having a length of less than 45 metres”, and
(ii) in sub-paragraph (c), omit “having a length of less than 45 metres”;
(b) in paragraph (10)(a)—
(i) omit “in relation to a recreational craft,”, and
(ii) for “the craft”, at each place where it occurs, substitute “the vessel, ship or craft”.
Amendments to the Merchant Shipping (Vessel Traffic Monitoring and Reporting Requirements) Regulations 2004
3.The Merchant Shipping (Vessel Traffic Monitoring and Reporting Requirements) Regulations 2004( 5 ) are amended as follows—
(a) in regulation 4(2)(c) after “fishing vessels” add “having a length of less than 45 metres”;
(b) in regulation 4(2)(d) after “traditional ships” add “having a length of less than 45 metres”;
(c) in regulation 4(6)—
(i) omit “, in relation to a recreational craft,”, and
(ii) for “the craft”, at each place where it occurs, substitute “the vessel, ship or craft”;
(d) in regulation 5(6) for “by the quickest means possible” substitute “and whenever practicable the notification by the port authority shall be made electronically”; and
(e) at the end of regulation 16(2)(c) add “or”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Jim Fitzpatrick
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Transport
5th December 2008
S.I. 1993/595 and S.I 1994/757 .
S.I. 1995/2498 , amended by S.I. 1999/2121 /, S.I. 2001/1638 , S.I. 2004/2110 and S.I. 2005/1092 ; regulation 3 was substituted by regulation 4 of S.I. 2005/1092 .
S.I. 2004/2110 , amended by S.I. 2005/1092 .