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Merchant Shipping

Made 24th October 2018

Laid before Parliament 29th October 2018

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(2)

The Secretary of State is a Minister designatedf1 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972f2 in relation to measures relating to the safety of ships and the health and safety of persons on them.

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and sections 85(1)(a) and (b), (3), (5), (7), 86(1) and (2) and 302 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995f3.

In accordance with section 86(4) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 the Secretary of State has consulted the persons referred to in that section.

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f1

S.I. 1993/595.

f2

1972 c.68. Section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51) and by section 3(3) of, and Part 1 of the Schedule to, the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7). The Work in Fishing Convention is regarded as one of the EU Treaties within the meaning of section 1(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 by virtue of the European Communities (Definition of Treaties) (Work in Fishing Convention) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/520).

f3

1995 c.21.