# The Merchant Shipping (Port State Control) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 1998, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations further amend the Merchant Shipping (Port State Control) Regulations 1995 to implement Commission Directive 98/42/EC, amending Commission Directive 95/21/EC on port State control.
The Regulations require the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, in selecting ships for port State control inspections, to give overriding priority to the ships referred to in Part I of Annex I of Merchant Shipping Notice MSN 1725, (which replaces Merchant Shipping Notice M 1639, and implements other amendments made by Directive 98/42/EC). In addition, in determining the order of priority of inspection of other ships listed in Annex I, the overall target factor to be used is that specified in Part II of the Annex.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/2198/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-port-state-control-amendment-no-2-regulations-1998/note
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