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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-passenger-ships-on-domestic-voyagesamendment-regulations-2012/regulation-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2012/2636",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Passenger Ships on Domestic Voyages)(Amendment) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-passenger-ships-on-domestic-voyagesamendment-regulations-2012",
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  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Amendment to the Merchant Shipping (Passenger Ships on Domestic Voyages) Regulations 2000",
  "text": "(1) The Merchant Shipping (Passenger Ships on Domestic Voyages) Regulations 2000 are amended as follows.\n(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation)—\n(a) for the definition of “the Directive” substitute—\n““the Directive” means Directive 2009/45/EC of 6th May 2009 on safety rules and standards for passenger ships;”; and\n(b) after paragraph (2) insert—\n“(2A) references in the Directive to Conventions or Codes in their up to date versions which:\n(a) relate to all or any of the purposes set out in section 85(1) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995\n(b) considered by the Secretary of State to be relevant from time to time\n(c) specified in a Merchant Shipping Notice;\nhave effect in so far as they are so specified.”`.\n(3) In regulation 4 (application)—\n(a) in paragraph 2(g) delete “subject to paragraph (3) below,”; and\n(b) delete paragraph (3).\n(4) In regulation 6 (safety requirements)—\n(a) in paragraph (3) for “Article 7” substitute “Article 9”; and\n(b) in paragraph (5) for “Article 7(1)” substitute “Article 9(1)”.\n(5) In regulation 7 (alternative construction, equipment and machinery) for “Article 7” substitute “Article 9”.\n(6) After Regulation 10 insert—\n“Review\n11. (1) The Secretary of State must from time to time—\n(a) carry out a review of regulations 2 to 10,\n(b) set out the conclusions of the review in a report, and\n(c) publish the report.\n(2) In carrying out the review the Secretary of State must, so far as is reasonable, have regard to how the Directive is implemented in other member states.\n(3) The report must in particular—\n(a) set out the objectives intended to be achieved by the regulatory system established by those regulations,\n(b) assess the extent to which those objectives are achieved, and\n(c) assess whether those objectives remain appropriate and if so the extent to which they could be achieved with a system that imposes less regulation.\n(4) The first report under his regulation must be published before 16th November 2017.\n(5) Reports under this regulation are afterwards to be published at intervals not exceeding five years.”.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 3 in force at 16.11.2012, see reg. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I.2000/2687, amended by S.I. 2004/302, S.I.2004/1107 and 2010/680; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "O.J. L 163, 25.6.2009, p.1, amended by Commission Directive 2010/36/EU of 1st June 2010, O.J.L 162, 29.6.2010, p.1."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/2636/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:16:07.089980+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}