The Merchant Shipping (Port State Control) (Amendment) Regulations 2001

• Citation: S.I. 2001/2349
• Sections: 6

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Port State Control) (Amendment) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on 31st July 2001.

Section 2 Amendment of Merchant Shipping (Port State Control) Regulations 1995

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

Section 3 Amendment of Merchant Shipping (Port State Control) Regulations 1995

In regulation 2(1) after “Commission Directive 98/42 ” there shall be inserted the words “and by Commission Directive 1999/97/ EC ”.

Section 4 Amendment of Merchant Shipping (Port State Control) Regulations 1995

In regulation 2(2)—

(a) in the definition of “Conventions” for the words “in force at 1 July 1998” there shall be substituted the words “in force at 1 July 1999”; and

(b) in the definition of “MOU” for the words “as it stands on 14 January 1998” there shall be substituted the words “as it stands on 1 July 1999”.

Section 5 Amendment of Merchant Shipping (Port State Control) Regulations 1995

In regulation 7—

(a) before the first word of paragraph (1) there shall be inserted “Subject to paragraph (4) below”, and

(b) after paragraph (3) there shall be inserted:

(4) This regulation shall not apply to a vessel which to the satisfaction of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency has within the previous 12 months been subject to an initial specific survey in accordance with Article 6 of Council Directive 1999/35/EC on a system of mandatory surveys for the safe operation of regular ro-ro ferry and high-speed passenger craft services or a specific survey in accordance with Article 8 of that Directive.

Section 6 Amendment of Merchant Shipping (Port State Control) Regulations 1995

For regulation 16 there shall be substituted the following:

Release of information

(16) The Maritime and Coastguard Agency shall ensure the publication, at least every month, of the information specified in Annex IX , Part I of MSN 1725 concerning ships to which this Part of the Regulations applies which during the previous month—

(a) have been detained in a port in the United Kingdom; or

(b) have been subject to a refusal of access to a port in the United Kingdom.