The Merchant Shipping (Cargo Ship Construction) Regulations 1997

Application

14.  This Part applies to every ship of 100 metres or over in sub-division length constructed on or after 1st February 1992, except any ship which complies with—

(a) regulation 25 of Annex 1 of MARPOL;

(b) the International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk;

(c) the International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Liquefied Gases in Bulk;

(d) the Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk;

(e) the Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Liquefied Gases in Bulk;

(f) the Guidelines for the Design and Construction of Offshore Supply Vessels;

(g) the Code for the Safety of Special Purpose Ships;

(h) both with the damage stability requirements of regulation 27 of the International Load Line Convention 1966 as modified by IMO Resolutions A.320(IX) and 514(13) and, in the case of ships to which paragraph (9) of that regulation applies, with paragraph (12)(f) of Resolution A.320(IX); or

(i) with enactments contained in the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 or Statutory Instruments insofar as they implement the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships 1973/78 or the Codes listed above.