The Merchant Shipping (Passenger Boarding Cards) (Application to non-UK Ships) Regulations 1988

• Citation: S.I. 1988/641
• Sections: 4

Section 1

These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Passenger Boarding Cards) (Application to non-UK Ships) Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 1st April 1988.

Section 2

For the purpose of these Regulations, “passenger ship” means a ship carrying more than 12 passengers and propelled by electricity or other mechanical power, and “passenger” has the meaning given in section 26 of the Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act 1949 .

Section 3

The Merchant Shipping (Passenger Boarding Cards) Regulations 1988 (which apply only to United Kingdom passenger ships of Classes II and II(A) within the meaning of the Merchant Shipping (Passenger Construction and Survey) Regulations 1984 ) shall, subject to regulations 4 of these Regulations, apply also to passenger ships of those classes, other than United Kingdom ships, when operating as ships of those classes, while in ports in the United Kingdom in respect of voyages from ports in the United Kingdom.

Section 4

Notwithstanding the requirements of regulation 3 of these Regulations, these Regulations shall not apply to any ship by reason of her being within a port in the United Kingdom if she would not have been therein but for stress of weather or any other circumstance which could not have been prevented by the master or the owner or the manager (if any).