The Fishing Vessels (Safety Provisions) (Amendment) Rules 1996

• Citation: S.I. 1996/2419
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Rules may be cited as the Fishing Vessels (Safety Provisions) (Amendment) Rules 1996 and shall come into force on 31st October 1996.

Section 2 Amendment of Rules

(1) The Fishing Vessels (Safety Provisions) Rules 1975 shall be amended as follows.

(2) In rule 1(5) the following definition shall be added:

“appropriate Certifying Authority” means any person authorised as a Certifying Authority for radio installations pursuant to the Merchant Shipping (Survey and Certification) Regulations 1995 ;

(3) In rule 125B for the words “British Telecommunications plc (hereinafter called “BT”)” there shall be substituted “the appropriate Certifying Authority”.

(4) In rule 125C.

(a) for “BT” on the first and third occasion on which it occurs there shall be substituted the words “an appropriate Certifying Authority”;

(b) for “BT” on the second and fourth occasion on which it occurs there shall be substituted the words “that appropriate Certifying Authority”.