Regulation 2 Interpretation and application

In these Regulations—

• “authorised person” means a person authorised by the Secretary of State to carry out inspections and audits for the purposes of these Regulations, and includes any surveyor of ships appointed under section 256 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995^f1;

• “Council Regulation” means Council Regulation (EC) No 3051/95^f2 on the safety management of roll-on/roll-off passenger ferries (ro-ro ferries);

• “MSA” means the Marine Safety Agency, an executive agency of the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, and any successor.

In these Regulations the following terms have the meaning given by Article 2 of the Council Regulation:

• “company”

• “document of compliance”

• “ISM Code”

• “regular service”

• “ro-ro ferry”

• “safety management certificate”.

The Merchant Shipping (Operations Book) Regulations 1988^f3shall cease to apply to ships to which these Regulations apply.

These Regulations apply to any company operating at least one ro-ro ferry to or from a port in the United Kingdom on a regular service, and to any ship operating on such a service.