# The Merchant Shipping (Crew Accommodation) (Fishing Vessels) (Amendment) Regulations 1998, Regulation 3: Amendment of the Merchant Shipping (Crew Accommodation) (Fishing Vessels) Regulations 1975


In regulation 1 the following definitions shall be added in the appropriate place:
“existing fishing vessel” means a fishing vessel which is not a new fishing vessel;
““new fishing vessel” means a fishing vessel:
(a) for which the building or major conversion contract was placed before 23rd November 1995 which is delivered three or more years after that date; or
(b) constructed on or after 23rd November 1995;
except that if a building or major conversion contract was placed before that date and the vessel was delivered before 23rd November 1998 the vessel shall be regarded as constructed before 23rd November 1995;”
“Register” means the Register of Ships maintained under Part II of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995;
“worker” means any person carrying out an occupation on board a vessel, including trainees and apprentices but excluding shore personnel carrying out work on board a vessel at the quayside and port pilots;”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/929/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-crew-accommodation-fishing-vessels-amendment-regulations-1998/regulation-3
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