Regulation 23

For regulation 116 there shall be substituted the following regulation:

“116

Subject to regulation 116A an old certificate shall remain in force until either:

(a)

a new certificate is issued under these Regulations; or

(b)

the certificate has expired, in accordance with the following table:

Age of ship	Date of expiry of certificate
Registered ships (other than those on Part II (fishing vessels) and Part III (small ships) with a year of build before:
1st January 1950	31st March 1999
1st January 1970	31st March 2000
1st January 1975	31st March 2001
1st January 1989	31st March 2002
20th March 1994	31st March 2003

whichever shall be the earlier.”.