# The Docks, Shipbuilding etc. (Metrication) Regulations 1983, Note: Explanatory note


These Regulations amend the following instruments:—
The Docks Regulations 1925;
The Docks Regulations 1934;
The Shipbuilding and Ship-repairing Regulations 1960;
The Shipbuilding (Lifting Appliances etc. Forms) Order 1961; and
The Docks Certificates (No. 2) Order 1964,
by substituting amounts or quantities expressed in metric units for amounts or quantities not so expressed. The substituted amounts preserve the effect of the original provisions except to the extent necessary to obtain amounts expressed in convenient and suitable terms.
Regulation 3 provides that the amendments do not relate to premises or plant in existence or under construction immediately before the coming into operation of these Regulations if those premises or that plant complied with the then existing requirements.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1983/644/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/docks-shipbuilding-etc-metrication-regulations-1983/note
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