Introductory text

The Regulations supersede S.I.1994/422 and are being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that statutory instrument.

MERCHANT SHIPPING

SAFETY

Made 18th May 1994

Coming into force 19th May 1994

Whereas a draft of the following Regulations has been laid before Parliament and has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament in accordance with section 49(4A) and (4B) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1979^f1:

Now therefore the Secretary of State for Transport, after consulting the persons referred to in section 22(2) of the said Act of 1979, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 21(1)(a) and (c) and (3) to (6) and 22(1) of that Act^f2, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1979 c. 39; section 49 was amended by the Safety at Sea Act 1986 (c. 23), section 11 and the Merchant Shipping Act 1988 (c. 12), Schedule 5.
f2: Section 21(1)(c) was inserted by The Safety at Sea Act 1986, section 11; and section 21(b) was amended by the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48), section 49(3)(a) and (4).