# The Merchant Shipping (Official Log Books) (Fishing Vessels) Regulations 1981, Note: Explanatory note


These Regulations revoke the Merchant Shipping (Official Log Books) (Fishing Vessels) Regulations 1972, as amended, and re-enact those provisions with the following differences:
(1) entries are required to be made in respect of the testing and inspection of the pilot's hoist;
(2) entries are required to be made in respect of the drill, check and test of the ship's steering gear;
(3) the requirements on the skipper to read over to an officer an entry relating to an officer's incompetence or serious negligence now includes a requirement to state the reason if the entry is not read over.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1981/570/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-official-log-books-fishing-vessels-regulations-1981/note
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