Introductory text

MERCHANT SHIPPING

Made 6th July 1999

Laid before Parliament 15th July 1999

Coming into force 5th August 1999

The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, being a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972^f1 in relation to measures relating to maritime transport^f2, and having consulted the persons referred to in section 86(4) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995^f3 in so far as the following Regulations are made in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 85 and 86^f4 of that Act, in exercise of the powers conferred by–

(i)

section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, and
(ii)

sections 85(1)(a) and (b), (3), (5) to (7) and 86(1) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995,

and all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

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Footnotes

f1: 1972 c. 68.
f2: S.I. 1994/757.
f3: 1995 c. 21.
f4: Sections 85 and 86 were amended by the Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997 (c. 28), section 8 and are applied to hovercraft by the Hovercraft (Application of Enactments) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/1350).