# The Merchant Shipping (Fire Protection) (Amendment) Regulations 1993, Paragraph 1


(1) In paragraph (2) of regulation 1—
(a) the definitions of—
(i) “Certificate of Fitness for the Carriage of Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk”; and
(ii) “Certificate of Fitness for the Carriage of Liquefied Gases in Bulk”;
shall be omitted.
(b) after the definition of “Reid vapour pressure” there shall be inserted the following definition—
““relevant standard of a member State other than the United Kingdom”, in relation to a reference to an International Standard or a British Standard, means—
(a) a relevant standard or code of practice of a national standards body or equivalent body of a member State other than the United Kingdom; or
(b) a relevant international standard recognised for use in a member State other than the United Kingdom; or
(c) a relevant specification acknowledged for use as a standard by a public authority of a member State other than the United Kingdom;
being a standard, code of practice or specification which provides, in use, levels of safety, suitability and fitness for purpose equivalent to those provided by the International Standard of the British Standard;”.
(2) In paragraph (3) of regulation 1, for the words from “shall include a reference” to the end there shall be substituted the following words—
“shall include—
(A) a reference to any document amending that publication which is considered by the Secretary of State to be relevant from time to time and is specified in a Merchant Shipping Notice; and
(B) as respects a reference to a British Standard, a reference to a relevant standard of a member State other than the United Kingdom.”.
(3) After paragraph (3) of regulation 1 there shall be inserted the following paragraph—
“(3A) In these Regulations—
(a) a reference to a ship constructed on or after a specified date is a reference to a ship the keel of which is laid or which is at a similar stage of construction on or after that date; and
(b) where the reference to a ship so constructed is to be understood as being or including a reference to a passenger ship, the reference includes a reference to a ship which satisifies both the following requirements, that is to say—
(i) that the keel of the ship was laid or that the ship was at a similar stage of construction before the specified date; and
(ii) that the ship, not being a passenger ship before that date, is converted to a passenger ship, such conversion commencing on or after that date.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/3163/schedule/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-fire-protection-amendment-regulations-1993/schedule/paragraph-1
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