Regulation 45 Requirements for ships constructed on or after 1st February 1992 Application and special requirementsI1

Subject to paragraphs (2) and (2A), every passenger ship and every cargo ship which is intended, or which contains cargo spaces which are intended, for the carriage of dangerous goods, must comply with the protective requirements prescribed in Merchant Shipping Notice 1669 (M) (Amendment 1).

For a cargo ship of less than 500 tons, the Secretary of State may (if the ship is a United Kingdom ship) reduce the said protective requirements; and, if–

the ship may comply with the reduced requirements instead of the full protective requirements.

A cargo ship of less than 500 tons engaged on international voyages constructed on or after 1st February 1992 and before 1st July 2002, must comply with paragraph 3 of regulation 19 of Chapter II-2 of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea 1974, except that such a ship constructed before 1st July 1998 is not required to comply with paragraphs 3.10.1 and 3.10.2 of that regulation.

This regulation shall not apply to ships or spaces intended for the carriage of dangerous goods in limited quantities as referred to in section 18 of the general introduction to the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code.

Nothing in this regulation shall be taken to require duplication of anything already provided in a ship in compliance with other requirements of these Regulations.

In this regulation, any reference to Chapter II-2 of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea 1974 (“the Convention”) is to be construed—

For the purposes of paragraph (5), Chapter II-2 of the Convention is modified or replaced if the modification or replacement takes effect in accordance with Article VIII of the Convention.

A modification or replacement of Chapter II-2 of the Convention has effect at the time such modification or replacement comes into force in accordance with Article VIII of the Convention.