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Statutory Instruments
MERCHANT SHIPPING
SAFETY
Made
24th June 1998
Laid before Parliament
29th June 1998
Coming into force
1st July 1998
Whereas in so far as these Regulations are made under section 85 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995(1) the Secretary of State has consulted the persons referred to in section 86(4) of that Act;
Now, therefore, the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, in exercise of the powers conferred by—
section 85(1)(a) and (b), (3) and (5) to (7) and 86(1) of that Act; and
the Merchant Shipping (Control of Pollution) (SOLAS) Order 1998(2);
and all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:—
S.I. 1995 c. 21; sections 85 and 86 were amended by the Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997 (c. 28) section 8, and apply to hovercraft by virtue of the Hovercraft (Application of Enactments) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/135).
S.I. 1998/1500.
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