# The Merchant Shipping (Cargo and Passenger Ship Construction and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2023, Introduction: Introductory text

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

This Statutory Instrument has been made in part to correct errors in S.I. 1998/2070, S.I. 2021/592, S.I. 2021/1316 and S.I. 2022/1169 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of those Statutory Instruments.
Merchant Shipping
Safety
Made 6th March 2023
Laid before Parliament 7th March 2023
Coming into force 29th March 2023
The Secretary of State, after consulting the persons referred to in section 86(4) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, and in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 85(1), (3) and (5) to (7), 86(1)(a), (b), (c) and (d), 302(1) and 306A of that Act, article 2 of the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution) (Law of the Sea Convention) Order 1996, and article 2 of the Merchant Shipping (Control of Pollution) (SOLAS) Order 1998, and with the consent of the Treasury, makes the following Regulations.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/246/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-cargo-and-passenger-ship-construction-and-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-2023/introduction
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