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Statutory Instruments

2016 No. 354

Merchant Shipping

Safety

The Merchant Shipping (Small Workboats and Pilot Boats) (Amendment) Regulations 2016

Made

10th March 2016

Laid before Parliament

15th March 2016

Coming into force

6th April 2016

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 85(1)(a) and (b), (3) and (5) to (7) and 86(1) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995( 1 ), and having consulted the persons referred to in section 86(4) of that Act, makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and interpretation I1

1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Small Workboats and Pilot Boats) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 and come into force on 6th April 2016.

(2) In these Regulations, “the 1998 Regulations” means the Merchant Shipping (Small Workboats and Pilot Boats) Regulations 1998( 2 ).

Amendment of the 1998 Regulations I2,I3,I4

2. For the definitions of “EEA Agreement” and “EEA State” in regulation 3(1) of the 1998 Regulations substitute —

“ “EEA Agreement” and “EEA State” have the meaning given by Schedule 1 to the Interpretation Act 1978 ( 3 ) . ”

3. After regulation 10 of the 1998 Regulations insert—

“ Review

11. —(1) The Secretary of State must from time to time—

(a) carry out a review of these Regulations;

(b) set out the conclusions of the review in a report, and

(c) publish the report.

(2) In carrying out the review the Secretary of State must, so far as is reasonable, have regard to how the European obligations or any other international obligations of the United Kingdom (which are implemented by means of these Regulations) are implemented in other member States or countries which are subject to those obligations.

(3) The report must in particular—

(a) set out the objectives intended to be achieved by the regulatory system established by these Regulations,

(b) assess the extent to which those objectives are achieved, and

(c) assess whether those objectives remain appropriate and, if so, the extent to which they could be achieved with a system that imposes less regulation.

(4) The first report under this regulation must be published before the end of the period of five years beginning with 6th April 2016.

(5) Reports under this regulation are afterwards to be published at intervals not exceeding five years. ”

4. Substitute the table in the Schedule (which contains a list of Regulations relating to vessel safety which do not apply to small workboats and pilot boats which comply with a relevant Code of Practice) for the table in the Schedule to the 1998 Regulations.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Robert Goodwill

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Transport

10th March 2016

Regulation 4

SCHEDULE Table to be substituted for the table in the Schedule to the Merchant Shipping (Small Workboats and Pilot Boats) Regulations 1998I5

Statutory Instruments SI No. Amended by – SI No.
The Merchant Shipping (Crew Accommodation) Regulations 1997 1997/1508 2005/2114 ; 2014/1614

The Merchant Shipping (Fire Protection: Small Ships) Regulations 1998

 1998/1011

1999/992 ; 1999/1957 ; 2000/2687 ; 2003/2951 ;

2004/302 ; 2005/2114 ; 2010/680 ; 2010/1075

The Merchant Shipping (Load Line) Regulations 1998 1998/2241 2000/1335 ; 2005/2114 ; 2011/603
The Merchant Shipping (Marine Equipment) Regulations 1999 1999/1957 2001/1638 ; 2004/302 ; 2004/1266 ; 2009/2021 ; 2011/1043
The Merchant Shipping (Life-Saving Appliances for Ships Other Than Ships of Classes III to VI(A)) Regulations 1999 1999/2721

2000/2558 ; 2000/2687 ;

2001/2642 ; 2002/1473 ;

2004/2259 ; 2005/2114

The Merchant Shipping (Safety of Navigation) Regulations 2002 2002/1473 2002/2626 ; 2004/302 ; 2004/2110 ; 2005/2114 ; 2010/680 ; 2010/1075 ; 2011/2978
The Merchant Shipping (Fire Protection) Regulations 2003 2003/2950 2005/2114
The Merchant Shipping (Survey and Certification) Regulations 2015 2015/508
The Merchant Shipping (Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping) Regulations 2015 2015/782
( 1 )

1995 c.21 : sections 85 and 86 were amended by the Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997 (c.28) , section 8.

( 3 )

1978 c.30 .

Status: There are outstanding changes not yet made by the editorial team to The Merchant Shipping (Small Workboats and Pilot Boats) (Amendment) Regulations 2016. Any changes that have already been made by the team appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
The Merchant Shipping (Small Workboats and Pilot Boats) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (2016/354)

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I1Reg. 1 in force at 6.4.2016, see reg. 1(1)
I2Reg. 2 in force at 6.4.2016, see reg. 1(1)
I3Reg. 3 in force at 6.4.2016, see reg. 1(1)
I4Reg. 4 in force at 6.4.2016, see reg. 1(1)
I5Sch. in force at 6.4.2016, see reg. 1(1)
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