Regulation 3 Amendment of regulations

in paragraph (1) the following definitions shall be inserted in appropriate alphabetical positions—

• ““Cargo Securing Manual” means a manual drawn up to the standard contained in the Maritime Safety Committee Circular of the Organisation, MSC/Circ. 745, dated 13th June 1996, and approved, in the case of United Kingdom ships by the Secretary of State, or in the case of other ships by or on behalf of the flag state;”

• ““cargo ship” means a ship which is not a passenger ship, troop ship, pleasure vessel or fishing vessel;”

• ““flag state” in relation to a ship means the State in which the ship is registered or if unregistered whose flag it is entitled to fly;”

• ““in bulk” means directly or without intermediate form of containment in a hold tank or cargo space forming a structural part of, or permanently attached to a ship;”

• ““passenger ship” means a ship carrying more than 12 persons;”

• ““roll-on/roll-off cargo spaces” means spaces not normally subdivided in any way and extending to either a substantial length or the entire length of the ship in which the goods (packaged or in bulk, in or on rail or road cars, vehicles (including road or rail tankers), trailers, containers, pallets, demountable tanks or in or on similar stowage units or other receptacles) can be loaded and unloaded normally in a horizontal direction,”

• ““tons” means gross tons and shall be—

  1. (a)

     for a ship having alternative gross tonnages under paragraph 13 of Schedule 5 to the Merchant Shipping (Tonnage) Regulations 1982^f1, permitted to be used pursuant to regulation 12(1) of the Merchant Shipping (Tonnage) Regulations 1997^f2, the larger of those tonnages; and

  2. (b)

     for a ship having its tonnage determined both under Part II and regulation 16 of those 1997 Regulations its gross tonnage as determined under regulation 16;”; and