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The Merchant Shipping (Master’s Discretion) Regulations 1997

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1997 No. 2886

MERCHANT SHIPPING

The Merchant Shipping (Master’s Discretion) Regulations 1997

Made

2nd December 1997

Laid before Parliament

10th December 1997

Coming into force

31st December 1997

The Secretary of State for Transport, after consulting the persons referred to in section 86(4) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995(1), in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 85(1)(a) and (b), (3) and (7) and 86(1) of that Act(2), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

(2)

Sections 85 and 86 were amended by section 8 of the Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997 (c. 28). Sections 85 and 86 were applied to hovercraft by the Hovercraft (Application of Enactments) Order 1989, S.I. 1989/1350, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

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