Statutory Instruments
2025 No. 134
Merchant Shipping
The Merchant Shipping (Safety of Navigation) (Amendment) Regulations 2025
Made
10th February 2025
Laid before Parliament
11th February 2025
Coming into force
5th March 2025
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 85(1), (3)(a), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (k), (l), (n), (o), (p) and (q), and (5) to (7), 86(1)(a), (b), (c) and (d), 302(1) and 306A of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995(1), and with the consent of the Treasury.
The Secretary of State has consulted such persons in the United Kingdom as the Secretary of State considers will be affected by the exercise of powers in this instrument in accordance with section 86(4) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995.
Citation and commencement
(2) These Regulations come into force on 5th March 2025.
Amendment of the Merchant Shipping (Safety of Navigation) Regulations 2020
(2) In regulation 5 (safety of navigation requirements)—
(a)in paragraph (3)—
(i)omit sub-paragraph (c)(iii);
(ii)after sub-paragraph (c), insert—
“(ca)regulation 19 in Chapter V(3), except for paragraphs 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.1.3, 2.1.4, 2.1.6, 2.1.7 and 2.1.8 (navigational equipment and arrangements), does not apply to—
(i)ships which are not passenger ships and are not sea-going;
(ii)ships of Class V;”;
(iii)after sub-paragraph (d), insert—
“(da)paragraph 2.4 of regulation 19 in Chapter V (automatic identification system) does not apply to ships of Class IV;”;
(iv)in sub-paragraph (h)—
(aa)for “27”, substitute “26”;
(bb)at the end of paragraph (ii), omit “and”;
(v)after sub-paragraph (h), insert—
“(ha)regulation 27 in Chapter V (nautical charts and nautical publications) does not apply to—
(i)pleasure vessels below 150 gross tons engaged on any voyage;
(ii)ships which are not passenger ships and are not sea-going;
(iii)ships of Class V; and”;
(b)in paragraph (5)—
(i)after the definition of “Merchant Shipping Notice”, insert—
““passenger” means a person other than—
the master and the members of the crew or other persons employed or engaged in any capacity on board a ship on the business of that ship; or
a child under one year of age;
“passenger ship” means a ship which carries more than 12 passengers;”;
(ii)at the end of the definition of “sea-going”, insert—
“;
ships of Class IV” means passenger ships engaged only on voyages in Category A, B, C or D waters;
“ships of Class V” means passenger ships engaged only on voyages in Category A, B or C waters.”.
Amendment of the Merchant Shipping (Fees) Regulations 2018
3.—(1)The Merchant Shipping (Fees) Regulations 2018(4) are amended as follows.
(2) In the table in paragraph 5 of Part 1 of Schedule 1 (fees under the Merchant Shipping Act 1995), under heading H (radio and navigational equipment), in respect of the entry for the Merchant Shipping (Safety of Navigation) Regulations 2020, in the third column for “None”, substitute—
“2022/1219
2025/134”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Michael Kane
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Transport
10th February 2025
We consent to the making of these Regulations
Vicki Foxcroft
Anna Turley
Two of the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty’s Treasury
5th February 2025
1995 c. 21. Sections 85 and 86 were amended by the Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997 (c. 28), sections 8 and 29(2) and Schedule 7. Section 85 was amended by the British Overseas Territories Act 2002 (c. 8), section 2(3). Section 306A was inserted by the Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), section 106. There are other amendments but none is relevant.
S.I. 2020/673, amended by S.I. 2022/1219.
Chapter V is defined in regulation 2 of the Merchant Shipping (Safety of Navigation) Regulations 2020. Chapter V was revised and replaced by International Maritime Organization (IMO) Resolution MSC.99(73) (Cm 6001) and has been further amended by IMO Resolutions MSC.123(75) (Cm 6587), MSC.142(77) (Cm 7205), MSC.153(78) (Cm 6387), MSC.170(79), MSC.201(81), MSC.202(81), MSC.282(86), MSC.308(88), MSC.325(90) and MSC.350(92). The amendments to Chapter V are available from the International Maritime Organization of 4 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7SR or found on the Foreign and Commonwealth Office treaties database ( https://treaties.fco.gov.uk/responsive/app/consolidatedSearch/ ). See footnote (c) for further information on the Convention.
S.I. 2018/1104, amended by S.I. 2020/673. There are other amendments but none is relevant.