The Merchant Shipping (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2002

• Citation: S.I. 2002/1650
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 1st August 2002.

Section 2 Amendment of the Merchant Shipping (Passenger Ship Construction: Ships of Classes I, II and II(A)) Regulations 1998

The Merchant Shipping (Passenger Ship Construction: Ships of Classes I, II and II(A)) Regulations 1998 shall be amended as follows—

(a) in regulation 75, for “(published 1978)” there shall be substituted “ (published 1990)”; and

(b) in regulation 91—

(i) for paragraph (5) there shall be substituted—

(5) If any officer appointed in accordance with regulation 30(1) reports to the master or other officer in charge of the bridge a door to be closed and locked when it is not in fact closed and locked he shall be guilty of an offence, punishable on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or, on conviction on indictment, by imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years and a fine.

(ii) in paragraph (6), for “level 3 on the standard scale” there shall be substituted “the statutory maximum”.

Section 3 Amendment of the Merchant Shipping (Passenger Ship Construction: Ships of Classes III to VI (A)) Regulations 1998

The Merchant Shipping (Passenger Ship Construction: Ships of Classes III to VI(A)) Regulations 1998 shall be amended as follows—

(a) in regulation 51(3), for “one propeller” there shall be substituted “ one or more propellers”;

(b) at the end of regulation 60, after “Schedule 9” there shall be added “ in Merchant Shipping Notice MSN 1698(M)”;

(c) in regulation 62(1)(d), for “(published 1978)” there shall be substituted “ (published 1990)”;

(d) after regulation 73(2) there shall be inserted—

(2A) If any officer appointed in accordance with regulation 23(1) reports to the master or other officer in charge of the bridge a door to be closed and locked when it is not in fact closed and locked he shall be guilty of an offence, punishable on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or, on conviction on indictment, by imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years and a fine.

(e) in regulation 73(3), for “level three on the standard scale” there shall be substituted “the statutory maximum”.