Regulation 6 ApprovalsI1

United Kingdom

(1)

The Secretary of State, or any person authorised by the Secretary of State, may give an approval in relation to a United Kingdom nuclear ship for anything in the Nuclear Code requiring to be—

(a)

approved by the ship’s flag administration;

(b)

done to the satisfaction of such administration; or

(c)

acceptable to that administration^f1.

(2)

An approval given under—

(a)

paragraph (1);

(b)

regulation 7 (safety assessment);

(c)

regulation 10 (approval of reactor installation);

F1(ca)

regulation 13(3) (approval of change to safety assessment in operational phase);

(d)

regulation 14 (operating manual);

(e)

regulation 18(1) (manning and training); or

(f)

regulation 20 (surveys of United Kingdom nuclear ships),

may, on the giving of reasonable notice, be continued, altered or cancelled.

(3)

An approval mentioned in paragraph (2) or a continuation, alteration or cancellation under that paragraph, must—

(a)

be in writing;

(b)

specify the date on which it takes effect; and

(c)

specify the terms, if any, on which it is given.

(4)

The requirement that an approval mentioned in paragraph (2), or a continuation, alteration or cancellation under that paragraph, be in writing is satisfied where the text of the approval, continuation, alteration or cancellation is—

(a)

transmitted by electronic means;

(b)

received in legible form; and

(c)

capable of being used for subsequent reference.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Reg. 6(2)(ca) inserted (29.3.2023) by The Merchant Shipping (Cargo and Passenger Ship Construction and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/246), regs. 1(1), 22(2)

Commencement

I1: Reg. 6 in force at 8.12.2022, see reg. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1: Guidance in relation to the matters requiring the approval of the Secretary of State in the Nuclear Code is set out in Marine Guidance Note (MGN) 679 (M). MGN 679 (M) is available on https://www.gov.uk/topic/ships-cargoes/m-notices and in hard copy from the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) of Spring Place, 105 Commercial Road, Southampton SO15 1EG (telephone 020 3817 2000 and email [email protected]).