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The Fishing Vessels (Safety of 15–24 Metre Vessels) Regulations 2002

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Amendment of the Fishing Vessels (Code of Practice for the Safety of Small Fishing Vessels) Regulations 2001

56.  The Fishing Vessels (Code of Practice for the Safety of Small Fishing Vessels) Regulations 2001 shall be amended as follows.

57.  In regulation 2, for the definition of “length” there shall be substituted—

  • “length overall” means the distance between the foreside of the foremost fixed permanent structure and the afterside of the aftermost fixed permanent structure; and “fixed permanent structure”—

    (a)

    includes any portion of the hull which is capable of being detached, but which is fixed in place during the normal operation of the vessel,

    (b)

    does not include functional arrangements such as safety rails, bowsprits, pulpits, stemhead fittings, rudders, steering gear, outdrives, outboard motors, propulsion machinery, diving platforms, rubbing strips and fenders, other than where such functional arrangements are designed to replace any part of the hull that has been removed;.

58.  In regulation 3, for “of less than 12 metres in length” there shall be substituted “of less than 15 metres length overall”.

59.  At the beginning of regulation 6, for “A vessel” there shall be substituted “Subject to regulation 7, a vessel”.

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