# The Merchant Shipping (Gas Carriers) (Amendment) Regulations 2004, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations implement amendments to the International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Liquefied Gases in Bulk (“the IGC Code”) which were adopted on 24th May 1990 by Resolution MSC 17(58) of the International Maritime Organisation. The amendments harmonise the survey and certification requirements of that Code with the requirements of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea 1974 (“SOLAS”), as amended.
Regulation 7 of these Regulations amends provisions on the power to detain ships which do not comply with the requirements of the Regulations, and applies section 284(1) to (6) and (8) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995.
A Regulatory Impact Assessment has been prepared and copies can be obtained from the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, Spring Place, 105 Commercial Road, Southampton SO15 1EG. A copy has been placed in the library of each House of Parliament.
Merchant Shipping Notices can be read or downloaded free from the Maritime and Coastguard Agency website (www.mcga.gov.uk). Printed copies can be obtained from Mail Marketing (Scotland) Ltd, Unit 6 Bloomsgrove Industrial Estate, Norton Street, Nottingham, NG7 3JG (telephone 0115 901 3336). Resolutions and other publications of the International Maritime Organisation can be obtained from IMO, 4 Albert Embankment, London SE1 75R.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/929/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-gas-carriers-amendment-regulations-2004/note
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