Regulation 1

These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Musters and Training) (Amendment) Regulations 1993 and shall come into force on 31st January 1994.

These Regulations give effect, in part, to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974^f1 and amendments thereto, and to the extent they are made under section 21(1)(c) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1979 are made only for the purpose of applying to certain ships to which the said agreements do not apply the provisions of the said agreements given effect under section 21(1)(b) of the said Act.