# The Merchant Shipping (Crew Accommodation) (Fishing Vessels) (Amendment) Regulations 1998, Regulation 5: Amendment of the Merchant Shipping (Crew Accommodation) (Fishing Vessels) Regulations 1975


For regulation 3 the following shall be substituted:
“Extension to unregistered British fishing vessels
3 (1) It is hereby directed that the provisions of section 43 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 and of these Regulations shall extend to vessel of the following description, that is to say, mechanically propelled sea-going fishing vessels of 24.4 metres or over in length which are:
(a) wholly owned by a person resident in or by a body corporate having the principal place of business in the United Kingdom; and
(b) required to be registered under Part II of the Register but not so registered; and to masters and seamen employed in them.”
(2) For the purposes of this regulation, references in regulation 2 to registration of a fishing vessel shall be references to the date on which her construction was completed.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/929/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-crew-accommodation-fishing-vessels-amendment-regulations-1998/regulation-5
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