Paragraph 12 The Merchant Shipping (Counting and Registration of Persons on Board Passenger Ships) Regulations 1999I1

in regulation 5(1)(a), for “in the case of a passenger ship of Class II or II(A)” substitute “in the case of a passenger ship engaged on a short international voyage or a passenger ship of Class II(A)”;

after regulation 5(7) add—

“(8)

In this regulation—

• “short international voyage” means an international voyage—

  1. (a)

     in the course of which a passenger ship is not more than 200 miles from a port or place in which the passengers and crew could be placed in safety; and

  2. (b)

     which does not exceed 600 miles in distance between the last port of call in the country in which the voyage begins and the final port of destination.”.