These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Safety of Navigation) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 1st July 2002.(1) In these Regulations—(2) For the purposes of these Regulations, ships shall be arranged in Classes as set out in Annex 1 to the MCA’s 2002 SOLAS V publication.(3) A rigidly constructed composite unit of a pushing vessel and associated pushed vessel, when designed as a dedicated and integrated tug and barge combination, shall be regarded as a single ship for the purposes of these Regulations.(4) Where, by virtue of these Regulations, a regulation in Chapter V applies to a hovercraft, a reference to a “ship” or “master” in that regulation in Chapter V shall be construed as including a reference to a “hovercraft” or “captain” respectively.(1) Schedule 1 (repeals and revocations) shall have effect.(2) Schedule 2 (consequential amendments) shall have effect.(1) Subject to the following paragraphs and to the provisions of individual regulations in Chapter V, these Regulations apply to all United Kingdom ships wherever they may be and to all other ships while they are within United Kingdom waters.warships or naval auxiliaries;ships, other than United Kingdom ships, which are owned or operated by a Contracting Government and used only on government non-commercial service; orships navigating solely the Great Lakes of North America and their connecting and tributary waters as far east as the lower exit of the St. Lambert Lock at Montreal in the Province of Quebec, Canada.(3) In their operation in relation to systems and equipment regulated by regulations 19 and 20 in Chapter V, paragraphs 1 to 3 and 7 and 8 of regulation 18 in Chapter V do not apply in relation to ships below 150 tons engaged on any voyage.United Kingdom ships of Class V;United Kingdom ships which are neither passenger ships nor sea-going;new ships of Class A, B, C or D;fishing vessels; orhigh-speed craft to which the Merchant Shipping (High-Speed Craft) Regulations 1996 (5) Regulation 19 in Chapter V shall cease to apply on the relevant date to existing ships of Class A, B, C or D, of 24 metres or over in length; and in this paragraph, “the relevant date” means the date specified in relation to each description of ship referred to in the table in regulation 4(1) of the Merchant Shipping (Passenger Ships on Domestic Voyages) Regulations 2000 (6) Paragraphs 2.1.1 to 2.1.6 and 2.1.8 and 2.1.9 of regulation 19 in Chapter V, and regulations 24 to 28 in Chapter V, do not apply to pleasure vessels below 150 tons engaged on any voyage.are not sea-going, orare below 300 tons and not engaged on international voyages.(8) Regulations 22 and 34 in Chapter V apply in addition to hovercraft registered in the United Kingdom, wherever they may be, and to other hovercraft while they are within United Kingdom waters.ships below 150 tons engaged on any voyage;ships below 500 tons not engaged on international voyages; orfishing vessels,(10) Regulations 24 to 26 in Chapter V do not apply to ships other than sea-going ships.(1) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4) , a ship to which these Regulations apply shall comply with such of the requirements referred to in paragraph (2) as apply in relation to a ship of its description.(2) The requirements are those referred to in the following regulations or paragraphs of regulations in Chapter V which are set out in the MCA’s 2002 SOLAS V publication—(3) A ship to which these Regulations apply shall alternatively or additionally (as the case may be) comply with such of the requirements referred to in paragraph (4) as apply in relation to a ship of its description.relate to amendments from time to time of regulations in Chapter V,be specified in a Merchant Shipping Notice, amending or replacing the MCA’s 2002 SOLAS V publication, which is considered by the Secretary of State to be relevant from time to time,be specified in that Merchant Shipping Notice as alternative or additional requirements which apply in relation to a ship of its description, andrelate to all or any of the purposes set out in section 85(1) of the Act.(5) Where a requirement referred to in paragraph (2) or (3) is set out in a provision to which there is a footnote, and it is clear from the wording and the context that the content of the footnote, or of a document referred to in the footnote, is intended to form part of the requirement, then such content shall be treated as part of the requirement; and for these purposes a “footnote” is a note marked with an asterisk in the text of Chapter V.(6) Nothing in regulations 24 to 26 in Chapter V relating to the use of an automatic pilot shall override special rules made by an appropriate authority for roadsteads, harbours, rivers, lakes or inland waterways connected with the high seas and navigable by sea-going ships; and for these purposes an “appropriate authority” means any person empowered by law to make the special rules.Schedule 3 (supplementary provisions) shall have effect.(1) The following paragraphs of this regulation are subject to regulation 8.(2) The Secretary of State may grant exemptions from all or any of the provisions set out in regulations 17 to 19 (except paragraph 2.1.7 of regulation 19) , 20, 22 and 24 to 28 in Chapter V for ships without mechanical means of propulsion on such terms (if any) as he may specify.grant exemptions from all or any of the provisions of these Regulations (as may be specified in the exemption) on such terms (if any) as he may specify, orpermit any fitting, material, appliance or apparatus, or type thereof, to be fitted or carried in a ship, or permit other provision to be made in the ship, in the place of any particular fitting, material, appliance or apparatus, or type thereof, or provision, which is required under these Regulations, if he is satisfied by trial or otherwise that it is at least as effective for the purpose for which the requirement in the Regulations is set.(4) The circumstances referred to in paragraph (3) are that the Secretary of State is satisfied that the ship is engaged on a voyage where the maximum distance of the ship from the shore, the length and nature of the voyage, the absence of general navigational hazards, and other conditions affecting safety are such as to render the full application of Chapter V unreasonable or unnecessary, and he has taken into account the effect such an exemption or permission may have upon the safety of other ships.(5) The Secretary of State may grant exemptions for classes of ships or individual ships from the requirements of regulation 18, 19 or 20 in Chapter V, on such terms (if any) as he may specify.(6) The Secretary of State may grant exemptions from the requirements of regulation 22 in
