Merchant Shipping (Modification of Enactments) Regulations 1985
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1985/212 |
1985 No. 212
MERCHANT SHIPPING
The Merchant Shipping (Modification of Enactments) Regulations 198518thFebruary 1985
1stMarch 1985
23rdMarch 1985
The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of powers conferred on him by section 22(3)(a) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1979(a) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:—
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Modification of Enactments) Regulations 1985 and shall come into operation on 23rd March 1985.
2. The Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act 1949(b) is modified by making the modifications set out in column 2 of Schedule 1 hereto in the section of that Act specified in column 1 of the said Schedule in relation thereto.
3. The Merchant Shipping Act 1964(c) is modified by making the modifications set out in column 2 of Schedule 2 hereto in the sections of that Act specified in column 1 of the said Schedule in relation thereto.
4. The Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act 1977(d) is modified by making the modifications set out in column 2 of Schedule 3 hereto in the section of that Act specified in column 1 of the said Schedule in relation thereto.
Nicholas Ridley, Secretary of State for Transport.
18th February 1985.
(a) 1979 c. 39.
(b) 1949 c. 43, as amended by section 85 of and Schedule 1 to the Merchant Shipping Act 1970 (c. 36), section 1(2) of the Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act 1977 (c. 24) and S.I. 1980/539 and 1981/568.
(c) 1964 c. 47, as amended by section 1(3) of the Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act 1977 and S.I. 1980/539 and 1981/568.
(d) 1977 c. 24, as amended by S.I. 1981/568.
(Regulation 2)
SCHEDULE 1
MODIFICATIONS OF THE MERCHANT SHIPPING (SAFETY CONVENTION) ACT 1949
(1) (2)
Section Modification
36(1) (a) In the definition of "Construction
Rules"(a) substitute for paragraph (ii)
the following
(ii) in relation to United Kingdom
ships to which the Merchant Shipping
(Passenger Ship Construction and Survey)
Regulations 1984(b) apply and other
ships to which those Regulations apply
while they are in the United Kingdom or
the territorial waters thereof, those
Regulations;"
(b) In the definition of "Rules for
direction-finders"(c) in paragraph (i)
for "the Merchant Shipping (Navigational
Equipment) Regulations 1980"(d)
substitute "the Merchant Shipping
(Navigational Equipment) Regulations
1984"(e) and delete paragraph (ii)
(c) In the definition of...To continue reading
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