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

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Amendment of the Merchant Shipping (Crew Accommodation) (Fishing Vessels) Regulations 1975

37.  The Merchant Shipping (Crew Accommodation) (Fishing Vessels) Regulations 1975(1) shall be amended as follows.

38.  In regulation 1(2), after the definition of “Register” there shall be inserted—

  • ““registered length” means the measurement which—

    (a)

    is recorded as the registered length in the vessel’s certificate of registry issued under the Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Regulations 1993(2), in the case of a registered fishing vessel, or

    (b)

    would be the registered length if the vessel were registered under Part II of the Register, in the case of an unregistered vessel;”.

39.  In regulation 2(1), for “24.4 metres or more in length” there shall be substituted “24 metres or more registered length”.

40.  In regulation 2(2)—

(a)in sub-paragraph (a), the words “of 15 metres in length or more” shall be omitted,

(b)in sub-paragraph (b), the words “of 18 metres in length or over” shall be omitted, and

(c)sub-paragraph (c) shall be omitted.

41.  In regulation 3(1), for “24.4 metres or over in length” there shall be substituted “24 metres or more registered length”.

42.  In the sub-heading to regulation 6(7), and in the heading to regulations 16A, 25A and 27A, the words “of 15 metres or more in length” shall be omitted.

43.  In the sub-heading to regulation 6(8) and in the heading to regulation 14A, the words “of 18 metres in length or more” shall be omitted.

44.  In the headings to regulations 10A, 15A and 29A, and in the sub-heading to regulations 7(9) and 11(4), the words “of 18 metres in length or more” and “of 15 metres or more in length” shall be omitted.

45.  In the heading to regulation 25B, the words “of 18 metres in length and over” and “of 15 metres or more in length” shall be omitted.

46.  In regulation 36—

(a)in the heading the words “of 15 metres or more in length” shall be omitted, and

(b)for “at work in places” there shall be substituted “at workplaces”.

(1)

S.I. 1975/2220, the relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1998/929.

(2)

S.I. 1993/3138, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

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