Explanatory note

These Regulations further amend the Merchant Shipping (Passenger Ship Construction) Regulations 1980 and the Merchant Shipping (Passenger Ship Construction and Survey) Regulations 1984.

These amendments apply to United Kingdom passenger ships. They require ro/ro passenger ships to be inclined at regular intervals to determine the lightship condition particulars, they provide for the confirmation of the sufficiency of the stability if necessary as a result of any inclining and for the amendment of the stability information provided to the ship.

The Regulations provide for the cancellation or withdrawal of the ship’s passenger certificate if the ship is either not inclined as required or if the results of the inclining show that the ship’s stability information is no longer valid.

The information provided to the master as to the required metacentric height or maximum allowable vertical centre of gravity of the ship must cover a range of draughts and a specified number of trims.