Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

• “the Act” means the Merchant Shipping Act 1995;

• “the Agency” means the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, an executive agency of the Department for Transport;

• “inspection” includes audit, survey and test;

• “issue” includes amendment, endorsement, re-issue and renewal;

• “local office” means—

  1. (i)

     one of the Agency's Marine Offices M1,

  2. (ii)

     an office of the Marine Management Organisation M2,

  3. (iii)

     an office of Marine Scotland M3, or

  4. (iv)

     an office of the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland M4;

• “premium service”, in relation to a fee, means a service performed for an applicant attending in person at a local office or at the office where the register of British ships is kept F1, or attending a priority appointment online;

• “standard hourly rate” means—

  1. (i)

     £120 per hour in respect of any work carried out after 12th November 2018 and before 13th November 2019, and

  2. (ii)

     £147 per hour in respect of any work carried out after 12th November 2019; and

• “vessel” has the same meaning as “ship” in the Act.