Regulation 1

These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 1981 and shall come into operation on 1st May 1981.

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the following meanings respectively:—

• “the Acts” means the Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act 1949^f1 and the Merchant Shipping Act 1964^f2;

• “the Protocol of 1978” means the Protocol of 1978 relating to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea 1974^f3;

• “the Safety Convention of 1974” means the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea 1974^f4

• “1974 certificate” means a certificate which—

  1. (a)

     purports to have been issued in accordance with the Safety Convention of 1974 in respect of a ship registered outside the United Kingdom; and

  2. (b)

     immediately before the coming into operation of these Regulations, complied with such of the provisions of the Merchant Shipping (Accepted Safety Convention Certificates) Regulations 1980, as were applicable in the circumstances.