Regulation 3 Application

(1)

Subject to regulation 5(3) below, these Regulations shall apply in respect of serious injuries, dangerous occurrences and hazardous incidents as they apply in respect of accidents, except that regulations 5 and 7 shall not apply to hazardous incidents.

(2)

These Regulations apply to accidents involving or occurring on board—

(a)

any United Kingdom ship, except that regulation 5 shall not apply to pleasure vessels or to lifeboats operated by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution; and

(b)

any other ship within the United Kingdom or the territorial waters thereof, save that regulations 5 and 7 shall not apply to such a ship unless she is within a port in the United Kingdom or is employed in carrying passengers to or from a port in the United Kingdom.

(3)

An investigation may be held under regulation 6 into an accident involving or occurring on board a ship which is not a United Kingdom ship and which at the time of the accident was not within the United Kingdom or the territorial waters thereof, if the Secretary of State so determines.