The Collision Regulations (Seaplanes) Order 1989

Statutory Instruments

1989 No. 2005

MERCHANT SHIPPING

SAFETY

The Collision Regulations (Seaplanes) Order 1989

Made

1st November 1989

Laid before Parliament

8th November 1989

Coming into force

19th November 1989

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 1st day of November 1989

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Whereas

(1) by virtue of section 418(1) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894(1) (hereinafter referred to as “the 1894 Act”) Her Majesty may by Order in Council, on the joint recommendation of the Secretary of State for Defence and the Secretary of State for Transport(2), make regulations for the prevention of collisions at sea;

(2) by virtue of section 97(1) of the Civil Aviation Act 1982(3) (hereinafter referred to as “the 1982 Act”) that power includes power to make regulations for the prevention of collisions at sea –

(a) between seaplanes on the surface of the water and

(b) between vessels and seaplanes on the surface of the water; and

(3) the afore-mentioned Secretaries of State have recommended Her Majesty to give effect to the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea 1972(4), as amended by Resolution A.464(XII) of the International Maritime Organisation(5) and as further amended with effect from 19th November 1989 by Resolution A626(15) of that Organisation (“the International Regulations”) and it is accordingly desired that the International Regulations should apply and have effect in relation to seaplanes on the surface of the water:

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by section 418(1) of the 1894 Act as extended by section 97(1) of the 1982 Act and by section 738 of the 1894 Act, and of all other powers enabling Her in that behalf, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

(1)

1894 c. 60.

(2)

The responsibilities placed on the Admiralty and the Board of Trade under section 418(1) of the 1984 Act have been transferred to the Secretaries of State uder S.I.’s 1970/1537, 1974/692 and 1983/1127.

(3)

1982 c. 16.

(4)

Cmnd.6962.

(5)

Cmnd.8500.