# The Merchant Shipping (Port State Control) (Amendment) Regulations 2003, Regulation 15: Amendment of Merchant Shipping (Port State Control) Regulations 1995


(1) Regulation 18 (offences) shall be modified as follows.
(2) 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);”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1636/regulation/15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-port-state-control-amendment-regulations-2003/regulation-15
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