# The Merchant Shipping (Passenger Boarding Cards) (Application to non-UK Ships) Regulations 1988, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations apply the requirements of the Merchant Shipping (Passenger Boarding Cards) Regulations 1988 to non-United Kingdom passenger ships operating as passenger ships of Classes II and II(A) in respect of voyages departing from United Kingdom ports. (Those Regulations require the operation of a boarding card system for all voyages on which passengers are carried.)
There is an exemption for non-United Kingdom ships which come into a port in the United Kingdom only because of stress of weather or for similar reasons.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/641/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-passenger-boarding-cards-application-to-non-uk-ships-regulations-1988/note
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