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Regulation 11 Requirements for fishing vessels of 24 metres or over in length overall, pleasure vessels of 300 gross tonnage or more and cargo ships of at least 300 gross tonnage but under 500 gross tonnage

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(1)

Subject to paragraph (2), this regulation applies to—

(a)

fishing vessels of 24 metres or over in length overall;

(b)

pleasure vessels of 300 gross tonnage or more; and

(c)

cargo ships of at least 300 gross tonnage but under 500 gross tonnage.

(2)

This regulation does not apply to a non-United Kingdom ship described in paragraph (1) which is—

(a)

flying the flag of an Arctic coastal State; and

(b)

operating, or intending to operate, solely in the internal waters and territorial sea of that State when in Arctic waters.

(3)

A ship to which this regulation applies must comply with each requirement of the following provisions in part 1-A of the Polar Code applicable to that ship—

(a)

chapter 9-1 (safety of navigation); and

(b)

chapter 11-1 (voyage planning).

(4)

A ship to which this regulation applies must comply, so far as is reasonably practicable, with each requirement of the following provisions in chapter 1 (general) of part 1-A of the Polar Code applicable to that ship—

(a)

paragraph 1.4 (performance standards); and

(b)

paragraph 1.5 (operational assessment).

(5)

In the case of ships constructed before 1st January 2026, the requirements in paragraphs (3) and (4) apply on 1st January 2027.

(6)

In this regulation—

  • “Arctic coastal State” means a Convention country which has a coastline bordering Arctic waters;

  • “baseline” means the low-water line along a coastline as marked on large-scale charts officially recognised by the relevant coastal State;

  • “constructed” means, with respect to a ship, that the keel is laid or that the ship is at a similar stage of construction;

  • “internal waters” means the waters on the landward side of the baseline of the territorial sea;

  • “nautical mile” means a distance of 1,852 metres;

  • “similar stage of construction” means the stage at which—

    1. (a)

      construction identifiable with a specific ship begins; and

    2. (b)

      assembly of that ship has commenced comprising at least 50 tons or 1% of the estimated mass of all structural material, whichever is less; and

  • “territorial sea” means the area of sea which extends up to a limit not exceeding 12 nautical miles from the baseline of a coastal State at any given point.