Regulation 15 Amendment of Merchant Shipping (Port State Control) Regulations 1995

Regulation 18 (offences) shall be modified as follows.

In paragraph (2), for sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) there shall be substituted:

“(a)

fails to communicate the necessary information in contravention of regulation 7(3);

(b)

fails to proceed to the nearest appropriate port in accordance with regulation 9(3)(c) or fails to comply with a requirement that any deficiency be rectified within 30 days, as specified in that regulation;

(c)

fails to proceed to the yard specified in regulation 13(1); or

(d)

enters a port in contravention of regulation 7B, 9A(3) or 13(5);”.