Explanatory note

These Regulations amend the Merchant Shipping (Fees) Regulations 1991 consequent on the delegation of radio survey work to British Telecommunications plc by the Merchant Shipping (Radio and Radio-Navigational Equipment Survey) Regulations 1991 and the Fishing Vessels (Safety Provisions) (Amendment) Rules 1991. The fees for the work involved leading to the issue of a certificate (including the issue itself) is to be charged at an hourly rate of £44, together with a fixed fee of £72 for fishing vessels, and £88 for other ships, in place of an hourly rate only of £55. Where the survey is performed abroad by a locally appointed surveyor, a separate charge at the hourly rate is made for the issue of a certificate.

The Regulations also provide for a fee for exemptions from the Regulations and Rules involved, make provision as to rounding up of periods of work of less than an hour, and correct a mistake in the table of charges for tonnage measurement.