The Merchant Shipping (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1996

• Citation: S.I. 1996/2632
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st November 1996.

Section 2 Amendment of Regulations

(1) The Merchant Shipping (Fees) Regulations 1995 shall be amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 4(1)(f) the words “to British Telecommunications plc” shall be omitted.

(3) In Schedule 1, Part 1—

(a) in the table in paragraph 1(2)—

(i) in section F in the column `Amended by S.I. ', for the entry `Fishing Vessels (Safety Provisions) Rules 1975 there shall be inserted “ 1996/2419 ”.

(ii) section H shall be omitted.

(iii) in section K for the title and number—

(iv) in section M in the column “Amended by S.I.”, for the entry in the section there shall be inserted “ 1996/2418 ”.

(b) in paragraph 2(2)—

(i) the words “by British Telecommunications plc” shall be omitted;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (a) for “£50” there shall be substituted the words “£23 for fishing vessels and £26 for other ships”;

(iii) in sub-paragraph (b) for the words “£82 for fishing vessels, and £100 for other ships” there shall be substituted “£32”.

(c) in paragraph 4(6)—

(i) the words “by British Telecommunications plc” where they first appear shall be omitted;

(ii) for the words “British Telecommunications plc” where they appear for the second time there shall be substituted the words “the appropriate Certifying Authority (within the meaning of those Rules)”.