Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and revocationI1

These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Musters, Training and Decision Support Systems) Regulations 1999 and, subject to paragraph (3) below, shall come into force on 29th October 1999.

Subject to paragraph (3) below the following Regulations are hereby revoked:

Where a ship to which the Merchant Shipping (Musters and Training) Regulations 1986 apply is in the course of a voyage on 29th October 1999, those Regulations shall continue to apply to that ship until the end of that voyage and these Regulations shall come into force in relation to that ship at the end of that voyage.