# The Merchant Shipping (Hatches and Lifting Plant) Regulations 1988, Regulation 3: Application


(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below:—
(a) these Regulations other than regulation 14 apply to United Kingdom ships; and
(b) regulations 1, 2, 3, 14 and 15 apply to other ships when in a United Kingdom port.
(2) These Regulations do not apply to—
(a) fishing vessels;
(b) pleasure craft;
(c) offshore installations whilst on or within 500 metres of their working stations; or
(d) ships on which there is for the time being no master or crew or watchman.
(2) The Secretary of State may grant exemptions from all or any of the provisions of these Regulations (as may be specified in the exemption) for classes of cases or individual cases on such terms (if any) as he may so specify and may, subject to giving reasonable notice, alter or cancel any such exemption.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1639/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-hatches-and-lifting-plant-regulations-1988/regulation-3
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