Regulation 8 Amendments of Article 7

(1)

Article 7 of the principal Regulation (exemptions from the provision of security information prior to entry into a port) is amended as follows.

(2)

In paragraph 1—

(a)

for “Member States” substitute “The Secretary of State” and for “on their territory” substitute “in the United Kingdom”,

(b)

in point (a), for “competent authority for maritime security for the port concerned” substitute “Secretary of State”, and

(c)

in point (b)—

(i)

for “special measures to enhance maritime security of the SOLAS Convention” substitute “special maritime security measures”, and

(ii)

for “competent authority for maritime security”, in each place, substitute “Secretary of State”.

(3)

For paragraph 2 substitute—

“2.

When an international scheduled service is operated between the United Kingdom and one or more EEA States the Secretary of State may, on the request of the company operating the service, grant an exemption to the service in accordance with the conditions laid down in paragraph 1.”.

(4)

In paragraph 3, for “Member States shall periodically” substitute “The Secretary of State must periodically”, and for “Member States shall immediately” substitute “the Secretary of State must immediately”.

(5)

Omit paragraph 4.

(6)

In paragraph 5—

(a)

for “a Member State” substitute “the Secretary of State”, and

(b)

for “special measures to enhance maritime security of the SOLAS Convention” substitute “special maritime security measures”.