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

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Amendment of the Merchant Shipping (Radio) (Fishing Vessels) Regulations 1999

53.  The Merchant Shipping (Radio) (Fishing Vessels) Regulations 1999(1) shall be amended as follows.

54.  In regulation 3(1)—

(a)after the definition of “length” there shall be inserted—

  • “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;; and

(b)in the definition of “non-Directive fishing vessel”, for “12 metres or more” in both places there shall be substituted “at least 15 metres length overall”.

55.  In the heading to Part III, for “12 metres or more” in both places there shall be substituted “at least 15 metres length overall”.

(1)

S.I. 1999/3210.

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