Paragraph 7 Amendments to the Survey and Certification RegulationsI1

The Merchant Shipping (Survey and Certification) Regulations 1995^f1 shall be amended as follows.

In regulation 1(2), there shall be inserted the following definitions:

• ““Class II(A) ship” means a passenger ship engaged on voyages other than international voyages, which is not—

  1. (i)

     a ship of Classes III to VI(A) as defined in the Merchant Shipping (Passenger Ship Construction: Ships of Classes III to VI(A)) Regulations 1998; or

  2. (ii)

     a ship of Class A, B, C or D as defined in the Merchant Shipping (Passenger Ships on Domestic Voyages) Regulations 2000 which is a new ship, engaged on domestic voyages, for the purposes of those Regulations;”;

• ““the Directive” means Council Directive 98/18/EC of 17th March 1998 on Safety Rules and Standards for Passenger Ships;”;

• ““EEA State” means a State which is a Contracting Party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992 as adjusted by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993”;

• ““Member State” means a Member State of the European Communities;”.

In regulation 4, at the beginning there shall be inserted the words “Subject to regulation 4A”.

After regulation 4, there shall be inserted the following regulation:

“4A

(1)

A United Kingdom passenger ship to which the Directive applies shall be subject to a passenger ship initial survey as set out in the Directive—

(a)

where the ship is in service on 23rd October 2000, before 23rd October 2001 or, if a passenger ship renewal survey is carried out before that date, at the time of that renewal survey,

(b)

where the ship is not in service on 23rd October 2000, before it is put into service, and

(c)

where a ship which is in service on domestic voyages within the United Kingdom is put into service on domestic voyages in another Member State or an EEA State, before it is put into such service.

(2)

A United Kingdom passenger ship to which the Directive applies shall be subject to a periodical survey as set out in the Directive.

(3)

A United Kingdom passenger ship to which the Directive applies shall be subject to additional surveys as set out in the Directive.”.

In regulation 12, after paragraph (1), there shall be inserted the following paragraph:

“(1A)

If the Merchant Shipping (Passenger Ships on Domestic Voyages) Regulations 2000 apply to the ship to which the Passenger Certificate relates, the Passenger Certificate shall be in the form laid down in Annex II of the Directive.”.

In regulation 22—