The Merchant Shipping (Port State Control) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 1998

• Citation: S.I. 1998/2198
• Sections: 7

Section 1

These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Port State Control) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 30th September 1998.

Section 2

The Merchant Shipping (Port State Control) Regulations 1995 shall be further amended as follows.

Section 3

In regulation 2(1) after “Council Directive 98/25/ EEC ” there shall be inserted “and by Commission Directive 98/42 .”

Section 4

In regulation 2(2) the following definition shall be inserted in the appropriate alphabetical position:

“Member State” includes a State Party to the European Free Trade Association;

Section 5

In regulation 2(2), for “M.1639” there shall be substituted “ MSN 1725”.

Section 6

For regulation 5(2) the following shall be substituted:

(2) In selecting ships for inspection the Maritime and Coastguard Agency shall give overriding priority to the ships referred to in Annex I, Part I of MSN 1725; and in determining the order of priority for inspection of the other ships listed in the said Annex I, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency shall use the ship’s overall target factor referred to in Annex I, Part II.

Section 7

In regulation 15(1), for sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) there shall be substituted:

(a) in the case of an authorised pilot, the port authority authorising the pilot, who shall immediately inform the Maritime and Coastguard Agency; or

(b) in the case of other pilots:

(i) the Maritime and Coastguard Agency; or

(ii) the competent authority of another member State,