Introductory text

United Kingdom

Merchant Shipping

Made 9th July 2014

Laid before Parliament 15th July 2014

Coming into force 7th August 2014

The Secretary of State is a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972^f1 in relation to measures relating to the safety of ships and the health and safety of persons on them^f2 and in relation to measures relating to maritime transport^f3.

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and sections 25 to 27, 32, 36, 47, 73(3), 77, 78 and 85 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995^f4.

In accordance with sections 86(4) and 306(4) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995^f5, the Secretary of State has consulted the persons and organisations referred to in those sections.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1972 c.68. Section 2(2) was amended by section 27 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) and by section 3 of, and Part I of the Schedule to, the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7). The Maritime Labour Convention is regarded as one of the EU treaties within the meaning of section 1(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 by virtue of the European Communities (Definition of Treaties) (Maritime Labour Convention) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1757, as amended by S.I. 2011/1043).
f2: S.I. 1993/595.
f3: S.I. 1994/757.
f4: 1995 c. 21. There are amendments to sections 73 and 85 which are not relevant to these Regulations.
f5: There are amendments to section 306 which are not relevant to these Regulations.