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Explanatory note

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These Regulations amend the Merchant Shipping (Port State Control) Regulations 1995, to implement two Directives (96/4/EC and 98/EC) which amend Directive 95/21/EC, on port State control. The 1995 Regulations implemented that 1995 Directive.

The Regulations require detention of ships which do not carry documentation required under the International Management Code for the Safe Operation of Ships and for Pollution Prevention (ISM Code). They also update certain references, and amends the requirement relating to the carriage of an identity card by port State control inspectors.