Paragraph 5 The Merchant Shipping (Load Line) Regulations 1998I1

The Merchant Shipping (Load Line) Regulations 1998^f1 are amended as follows.

In regulation 2(1) (interpretation), omit the definition of “local fisheries committee” and insert at the appropriate place—

• ““inshore fisheries and conservation authority” means an inshore fisheries and conservation authority for an inshore fisheries and conservation district established under section 149(1) of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009;”.

In regulation 4(2)(c)(ii) (application), for the words “a local fisheries committee”, substitute “an inshore fisheries and conservation authority”.