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These Regulations amend the Merchant Shipping (Pilot Ladders and Hoists) Regulations 1987 to take account of amendments made to regulation 17 of Chapter V of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea 1974 by Resolution MSC.22(59) of the Maritime Safety Committee of the International Maritime Organization, adopted on 23 May 1991. With effect from 31st January 1994 more stringent requirements apply to equipment or arrangements supplied or modified on or after that date. The requirements of the Merchant Shipping (Pilot Ladders and Hoists) Regulations 1987 will continue to apply unamended to arrangements made, or equipment and installations fitted, before that date.

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