Regulation 4 Application

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

reg 4 amended by Merchant Shipping (Load Line) 2000 reg.4
reg 4 rev. in pt. by Merchant Shipping (Load Line) 2000 reg.5
reg .8, head. amended by Merchant Shipping (Load Line) 2000 reg.7
reg. 4(2)(c)(ii) words substituted by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (Transitional and Savings Provisions) 2011 Sch. 2 Pt. 1 para. 5(3)
reg. 4(1)(a) words inserted by Merchant Shipping (International Load Line Convention) 2018 Sch. para. 3(a)
reg. 4(1)(d) word omitted by Merchant Shipping (International Load Line Convention) 2018 Sch. para. 3(b)
reg. 4(1)(f)(g) inserted by Merchant Shipping (International Load Line Convention) 2018 Sch. para. 3(c)
reg. 4(2)(c)(ii) omitted by Merchant Shipping (International Load Line Convention) 2018 Sch. para. 4
reg. 4(2)(c)(iii) omitted by Merchant Shipping (International Load Line Convention) 2018 Sch. para. 4
reg. 4(2)(c)(iv) omitted by Merchant Shipping (International Load Line Convention) 2018 Sch. para. 4

(1)

These Regulations apply to United Kingdom ships wherever they may be and to other ships while they are within United Kingdom waters, except—

(a)

ships of war;

(b)

ships solely engaged in fishing;

(c)

pleasure vessels;

(d)

ships which do not go to sea; and

(e)

ships under 80 tons register falling within one of the classes specified in paragrah (2) engaged solely in the coasting trade, and, subject to paragraph (3), not carrying cargo—

(2)

Those classes are—

(a)

tugs or salvage ships;

(b)

hopper barges or dredgers;

(c)

ships used by or on behalf of—

(i)

a general or local lighthouse authority for the purpose of the authority’s functions as such;

(ii)

a Government department for fishery protection purposes, or a local fisheries committee for the regulation of sea fisheries within its district;

(iii)

a Government department for fishery or scientific research; or

(iv)

the Secretary of State for Defence for the purpose of ensuring safety in the use of firing ranges or weapons at sea; and

(d)

ships in respect of which passenger certificates are in force specifying limits beyond which the ship must not ply, and which operate solely within those limits;

(e)

ships carrying not more than 12 passengers for sport or pleasure on a voyage in the course of which they are at no time more than 3 miles from land nor more than 15 miles from their point of departure, unless the point of departure lies within Category A, B, C or D waters, when the distance of 15 miles shall be measured from the seaward boundary of such limits.

(3)

A ship referred to in paragraph (1)(e) falling within the class in paragraph (2)(d) shall be excepted from the provisions of these Regulations while carrying cargo in accordance with the terms, if any, of the ship’s passenger certificate expressly authorising the carriage of cargo.