Marine Marine

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Sch.1, Pt III, Contents amended by Export of Goods (Control) 1993 art.2(b)
Sch.1, Pt III, Group 1 am. and rev in pt by Export of Goods (Control) 1993 art.2(c)
Sch.1, Pt III, Group 3 am. and rev in pt by Export of Goods (Control) 1993 art.2(d)
Sch.1, Pt III, Group 3 am. and rev in pt by Export of Goods (Control) 1993 art.2(c)
Sch.1, Pt III, Group 2 amended by Export of Goods (Control) Order 1992 1992 art.2(b)
Sch.1, Pt III, Group 3 amended by Export of Goods (Control) Order 1992 1992 art.2(c)
Sch.1, Pt I amended by Export of Goods (Control) 1993 art.3
Sch.1, Pt III, Group 3 am. and rev in pt by Export of Goods (Control) 1993 art.2
Sch.1, Pt III, Group 3 amended by Export of Goods (Control) (Amendment No 7) 1994 art.2

Submersible vehicles or surface vessels, as follows:

Note: For equipment for submersible vehicles, see:

Category 5 information security for encrypted communication equipment;

Category 6 for sensors;

Categories 7 and 8 for navigation equipment;

Category 8A for underwater equipment.

Manned, tethered submersible vehicles designed to operate at depths exceeding 1,000m;

Manned, untethered submersible vehicles:

1.
Designed to operate autonomously and having a lifting capacity of:
1. a.
  
  10% or more of their weight in air; and
2. b.
  
  15kN or more;
2.

Designed to operate at depths exceeding 1,000m; or
3.
1. a.
  
  Designed to carry a crew of 4 or more;
2. b.
  
  Designed to operate autonomously for 10 hours or more;
3. c.
  
  Having a range of 25 nautical miles or more; and
4. d.
  
  Having a length of 21m or less;

Unmanned, tethered submersible vehicles designed to operate at depths exceeding 1,000m:

1.

Designed for self—propelled manoeuvre using propulsion motors or thrusters specified in sub—head a.2. of entry 8A002; or
2.

Having a fibre optic data link;

Unmanned, untethered submersible vehicles:

1.

Designed for deciding a course relative to any geographical reference without real—time human assistance;
2.

Having an acoustic data or command link; or
3.

Having a fibre optic data or command link exceeding 1,000m;

Ocean salvage systems with a lifting capacity exceeding 5MN for salvaging objects from depths exceeding 250m and having either of the following:

1.

Dynamic positioning systems capable of position keeping within 20m of a given point provided by the navigation system; or
2.

Seafloor navigation and navigation integration systems for depths exceeding 1,000m with positioning accuracies to within 10m of a predetermined point;

Surface—effect vehicles (fully skirted variety) with a maximum design speed, fully loaded, exceeding 30 knots in a significant wave height of 1·25m (Sea State 3) or more, a cushion pressure exceeding 3,830Pa, and a light—ship—to—full—load displacement ratio of less than 0·7;

Surface—effect vehicles (rigid sidewalls) with a maximum design speed, fully loaded, exceeding 40 knots in a significant wave height of 3·25m (Sea State 5) or more;

Hydrofoil vessels with active systems for automatically controlling foil systems, with a maximum design speed, fully loaded, of 40 knots or more in a significant wave height of 3·25m (Sea State 5) or more;

Small waterplane area vessels with:

1.

A full load displacement exceeding 500 tonnes with a maximum design speed, fully loaded, exceeding 35 knots in a significant wave height of 3·25m (Sea State 5) or more; or
2.

A full load displacement exceeding 1,500 tonnes with a maximum design speed, fully loaded, exceeding 25 knots in a significant wave height of 4m (Sea State 6) or more.

Technical Note: A small waterplane area vessel is defined by the following formula: waterplane area at an operational design draft less than2 × (displaced volume at the operational design draught)⁷⅔;.