Regulation 3 Application
These Regulations apply to every high-speed craft which meets all of the following criteria:
it is a craft constructed on or after 1st January 1996;
it is a:
passenger craft which does not proceed in the course of its voyage more than 4 hours at operational speed from a place of refuge when fully laden; or
cargo craft of 500 gross tons or more which does not proceed in the course of its voyage more than 8 hours at operational speed from a place of refuge when fully laden; or
craft carrying less than 12 passengers and used for hire or reward; or
craft of less than 500 gross tons and used for carrying cargo for hire or reward;
it is (wholly or partly)—
sea-going; or
operating in any Category A, B, C or D waters;
it is—
a United Kingdom high-speed craft; or
any other high-speed craft, when in United Kingdom waters;
and
it is not a pleasure craft, within the meaning of regulation 3 of the Merchant Shipping (Vessels in Commercial Use for Sport or Pleasure) Regulations 1993f1.
These Regulations also apply to high-speed craft constructed before 1st January 1996 and falling within all the criteria in paragraph (1)(b) to (e) above in respect of repairs, alterations and modifications of a major character made after 1st January 1996.
In this regulation—
Category A, B, C or D waters are waters specified as such in Merchant Shipping Notices No. M.1504 and 1569; and
“gross tons” means gross tons within the meaning of regulation 6 of the Merchant Shipping (Tonnage) Regulations 1982f2.