Paragraph 1 Application of the Merchant Shipping (Distress Signals and Prevention of Collisions) Regulations 1996I1

United Kingdom

The Merchant Shipping (Distress Signals and Prevention of Collisions) Regulations 1996^f1 apply in relation to watercraft as they apply in relation to ships, as if—

(a)

in paragraph (1)(a) of regulation 2 (application)—

(i)

the reference to United Kingdom ships includes a reference to watercraft registered in the United Kingdom under the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, and

(ii)

the reference to other ships includes a reference to other watercraft;

(b)

the references in regulation 5 (exemptions) to any ship or description of ships includes a reference to any watercraft or description of watercraft;

(c)

any reference to a master includes a reference to any person for the time being using a watercraft.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. 2 para. 1 in force at 31.3.2023, see art. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1996/75, as amended by S.I. 2004/302 and 2015/664