Regulation 3 Amendment of principal Regulations: transitional provision

After regulation 1 of the principal Regulations, there shall be inserted the following:

“Transitional provision

1A.

Except in special circumstances as determined by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, an International Certificate of Fitness for the Carriage of Liquefied Gases in Bulk issued or endorsed before 20th April 2004 by:

(a)

an appropriate Certifying Authority, or

(b)

the Government of a Party to the 1974 SOLAS Convention in accordance with regulation 6(4),

shall remain valid until it expires under the terms of these Regulations as in force before that date, and shall for any other purpose of these Regulations be treated as though it had been issued or endorsed under these Regulations as amended.”.