The Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships, and Tonnage) (Amendment) Regulations 1999

3.  In regulation 1(2):

(a) the following definitions shall be inserted in the appropriate alphabetical positions:

““fishing vessel certificate” means a certificate of that name specified in section 123 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995;”,

• ““maximum continuous engine power” has the same meaning as “engine power” in Article 5.1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2930/86(1) (defining characteristics for fishing vessels);”,

““modification explanation” means the clear explanation, referred to in Article 3.3 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 1381/87(2) (establishing detailed rules concerning the marking and documentation of fishing vessels), of the method by which any modification of engine power has been carried out;”,

““permanently de-rated engine power” means a modification of the maximum continuous engine power referred to in Article 3.3 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 1381/87;” and

““port number” means the number allocated for a fishing vessel within its port of choice under regulation 31(2)(b), 53(2) or 79(2)(a);”;

(b) for the definition of “identifying number” there shall be substituted:

• ““identifying number” means:

  (a)

  where the Registrar has allocated a bareboat charter ship a number under regulation 79(2)(b) or (3), that number, or

  (b)

  in any other case, the unique number allocated to a bareboat charter ship for identification purposes by its primary register;”;

(c) for the definition of “pleasure vessel” there shall be substituted:

““pleasure vessel” means a pleasure vessel as defined in regulation 2 of the Merchant Shipping (Vessels in Commercial Use for Sport or Pleasure) Regulations 1998(3);”;

(d) for the definition of “port letters and numbers” there shall be substituted:

““port letters” means the letters for the port of choice;”; and

(e) in the definition of “port of choice”, for “owner” there shall be substituted “applicant”.

(1)

OJ No. L 274, 25.9.86, p. 126.

(2)

OJ No. L 132, 21.5.87, p. 9.

(3)

S.I. 1998/2771.