# The Merchant Shipping (Survey and Certification) Regulations 1995, Introduction: Introductory text


MERCHANT SHIPPING
SAFETY
Made 28th April 1995
Laid before Parliament 10th May 1995
Coming into force 1st June 1995
Whereas so far as these Regulations are made under paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section 21 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1979 they are made only for the purpose of applying to certain other ships provisions of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea Convention, 1974, as amended, and modified by its Protocol of 1978, implemented under paragraph (b) of that subsection;
Now, therefore the Secretary of State for Transport, after consulting the persons referred to in section 22(2) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1979, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 21(1)(a), (b) and (c), (3) to (6) and 22(1) and (3) of that Act and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/1210/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-survey-and-certification-regulations-1995/introduction
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