Fishing Vessels (Code of Practice for the Safety of Small Fishing Vessels) Regulations 2001
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2001/9 |
| Year | 2001 |
2001 No. 9
MERCHANT SHIPPINGSAFETY
The Fishing Vessels (Code of Practice for the Safety of Small Fishing Vessels) Regulations 2001
Made 4th January 2001
Laid before Parliament 5th January 2001
Coming into force 1st April 2001
The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, after consulting the persons referred to in section 86(4) of the Merchant Shipping Act 19951, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 85(1)(a), (3), (5) to (7) and 86(1) and (2) of that Act and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Fishing Vessels (Code of Practice for the Safety of Small Fishing Vessels) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on 1st April 2001.
Interpretation
2. In these Regulations—
“certificate of registry” means the certificate of registry issued under the Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Regulations 19932;
“Code of Practice” means the “Code of Practice for the Safety of Small Fishing Vessels” published by the MCA in Merchant Shipping Notice No.MSN 1756(F), and includes any document amending it which the Secretary of State, after due consultation with the fishing industry, considers relevant from time to time and specifies in a Merchant Shipping Notice;
“EEAEEA Agreement” means the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 19923as adjusted by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 17th March 19934;
“EEAEEA State” means a State which is a Contracting Party to the EEAEEA Agreement;
“length” means the measurement recorded as the registered length in the vessel’s certificate of registry;
“MCA” means the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, an executive agency of the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions;
“Merchant Shipping Notice” means a notice described as such and issued by the MCA;
“United Kingdom fishing vessel” means a fishing vessel registered in the United Kingdom under Part II of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995; and
“voyage” includes an excursion, and shall be taken to commence when a vessel leaves its berth or anchorage at a port.
Application
3. These Regulations apply to United Kingdom fishing vessels of less than 12 metres in length.
Amendment of the Fishing Vessels (Safety Provisions) Rules 1975
4. The Fishing Vessels (Safety Provisions) Rules 19755shall be amended as follows—
(a) at the end of Rule 1(2)(a) there shall be added:
“other than fishing vessels of less than 12 metres in length”;
(a) Rules 81 and 106 shall be omitted; and
(b) in the heading to Rule 105 and in paragraph (1) of that Rule, for “9 metres” there shall be substituted “12 metres”.
Amendment of the Fishing Vessels (Life-Saving Appliances) Regulations 1988
5. The Fishing Vessels (Life-Saving Appliances) Regulations 19886shall be amended as follows—
(a) in regulation 2(4), for “of less than 24 metres in length” there shall be substituted:
“of 12 metres in length and over but less than 24 metres in length”; and
(a) regulations 4 and 8(2) and Schedules 1 and 2 shall be omitted.
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