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Regulation 3 Application

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(1)

Except where regulation 5 applies, regulation 4 applies to every United Kingdom vessel which is a passenger ship of a class specified in the following table:

Table: Classification of passenger ships

Class of shipDescription
Class IVVessels engaged only on voyages in waters of category A, B, C or D
Class VVessels engaged only on voyages in waters of category A, B or C
Class VIVessels carrying not more than 250 passengers engaged on voyages to sea or in waters of category A, B, C or D, in favourable weather and during restricted periods, in the course of which the vessels are at no time more than 15 miles (exclusive of waters of category A, B, C or D) from their point of departure or more than 3 miles from land
Class VI(A)Vessels carrying not more than 50 passengers engaged on voyages over a distance of not more than 6 miles to or from isolated communities on the islands or coast of the United Kingdom and in the course of which they are never more than 3 miles from land
(2)

In paragraph (1)—

  • “favourable weather” means fine, clear, settled weather with a sea state such as to cause only moderate rolling or pitching;

  • “passenger” means any person carried in a vessel other than—

    1. (a)

      the master, a member of the crew or other person employed or engaged in any capacity on board the vessel on the business of the vessel,

    2. (b)

      a person on board the vessel in pursuance of an obligation laid upon the master to carry shipwrecked, distressed or other persons or by reason of any circumstance that neither the master nor the owner could have prevented or forestalled, and

    3. (c)

      a child under one year old;

  • “passenger ship” means a vessel carrying more than 12 passengers;

  • “restricted period” means a period falling within the following limits—

    1. (a)

      from the 1st April to 31st October, both dates inclusive; and

    2. (b)
      1. (i)

        in the case of a vessel fitted with navigation lights conforming to the Merchant Shipping (Distress Signals and Prevention of Collisions) Regulations 1996f1, between one hour before sunrise and one hour after sunset, or

    in the case of any other vessel, between sunrise and sunset.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 1996/75, amended by S.I. 2004/302.