Introductory text

MERCHANT SHIPPING

SAFETY

Made 6th July 1998

Laid before Parliament 20th July 1998

Coming into force 10th August 1998

The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, after consulting the persons referred to in section 86(4) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995^f1, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 85(1)(a) and (b), (3) and (7) and 86(1) and (2) of that Act^f2 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

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Footnotes

f1: 1995 c. 21.
f2: Sections 85 and 86 were amended by the Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997 (c. 28), section 8. Sections 85 and 86 were applied to hovercraft by the Hovercraft (Application of Enactments) Order 1989, S.I. 1989/1350, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.