# The Merchant Shipping (High-Speed Craft) Regulations 1996, Regulation 17: Amendment of Regulations


(a) The Merchant Shipping (Passenger Ship Construction and Survey) Regulations 1984 shall be amended by adding the following sub-paragraph to the exceptions in regulation 1(3)(a):
“and
(d) high-speed craft to which the Merchant Shipping (High-Speed Craft) Regulations 1996 apply”.
(b) The Merchant Shipping (Cargo Ship Construction and Survey) Regulations 1984 shall be amended by adding the following sub-paragraph in regulation 1(3):
“(c) These Regulations do not apply to cargo ships which are high-speed craft to which the Merchant Shipping (High-Speed Craft) Regulations 1996 apply”.
(c) The Merchant Shipping (Fire Protection) Regulations 1984 shall be amended by inserting the following in the Proviso to regulation 1(4), after (ii):
“and (iii) high-speed craft to which the Merchant Shipping (High-Speed Craft) Regulations 1996 apply”.
(d) The Merchant Shipping (Life-Saving Appliances) Regulations 1986 shall be amended by adding the following to regulation 4(1):
“and
(d) high-speed craft to which the Merchant Shipping (High-Speed Craft) Regulations 1996 apply”.
(e) The Merchant Shipping (Radio Installations) Regulations 1992 shall be amended by adding in regulation 2(2) the following:
“(f) high-speed craft to which the Merchant Shipping (High-Speed Craft) Regulations 1996 apply”.
(f) The Merchant Shipping (Navigational Equipment) Regulations 1993 shall be amended by substituting in regulation 2(3), for “and fishing vessels” the words “, fishing vessels and high-speed craft to which the Merchant Shipping (High-Speed Craft) Regulations 1996 apply”.
(g) The Merchant Shipping (Survey and Certification) Regulations 1995 shall be amended by substituting, in regulation 2(1), for “or pleasure vessels” the words “, high-speed craft to which the Merchant Shipping (High-Speed Craft) Regulations 1997 apply or pleasure vessels”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/3188/regulation/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-high-speed-craft-regulations-1996/regulation-17
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