The Collision Regulations (Seaplanes) (Guernsey) Order 1990

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Collision Regulations (Seaplanes) (Guernsey) Order 1990 and shall come into force on 16th March 1990.

(2) In this Order, “the International Regulations” means the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea 1972(1) as amended by Resolution A.464(XII) of the International Maritime Organisation(2) and as further amended with effect from 19th November 1989 by Resolution A626(15) of that Organisation.

2.  This Order shall apply to seaplanes on the surface of the water while they are within the Bailiwick of Guernsey or the territorial waters adjacent thereto.

3.  The Collision Regulations (Seaplanes) (Guernsey) Order 1986(3) is hereby revoked.

4.  The following provisions of the Merchant Shipping (Distress Signals and Prevention of Collisions) Regulations 1989(4), as extended, with modifications, to the Bailiwick of Guernsey by the Merchant Shipping (Distress Signals and Prevention of Collisions) (Guernsey) Order 1989(5), namely–

(a) regulation 1(2) (interpretation) with the modifications specified in the Schedule hereto, and

(b) the International Regulations set out in the Schedule thereto with the exception of Annex IV thereof (distress signals)

shall have effect as the collision regulations in relation to seaplanes to which this Order applies for the purposes of sections 418, 419 and 421 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894 as extended by the Civil Aviation Act 1982.

G. I. de Deney

Clerk of the Privy Council