PART 1U.K.GENERAL

ApplicationU.K.

4.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), and unless otherwise stated, these Regulations, apply to—

(a)all United Kingdom ships wherever they may be; and

(b)all non-United Kingdom ships whilst they are in United Kingdom waters.

(2) F1... These Regulations do not apply to—

(a)ships of less than 300 gross tonnage, unless otherwise stated;

(b)warships, naval auxiliaries and other ships owned or operated by the Government of [F2the United Kingdom or] an EEA State which are used for non-commercial public service;

(c)fishing vessels [F3having a length of less than 45 metres] [F4unless otherwise stated];

(d)traditional ships [F5having a length of less than 45 metres];

(e)recreational craft having a length of less than 45 metres.

(3) F6... In relation to a ship, these Regulations do not apply to—

[F7(a)bunkers on ships of less than 1000 gross tonnage;]

[F7(b)ships’ stores and equipment for use on board any ship.]

(4) For the purposes of regulation 10, in relation to a ship, bunkers for use on board that ship shall not be regarded as dangerous or polluting goods.

F8(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(6) In this regulation, “length” F9... means either—

(a)96% of the total length of [F10the vessel, ship or craft] on a waterline at 85% of the least moulded depth measured from the keel line; or

(b)the length from the foreside of the stem to the axis of the rudder stock on that waterline,

whichever is the greater, and where [F10the vessel, ship or craft] in question is designed with rake of keel, the waterline on which the lengths referred to in (a) and (b) are measured shall be parallel to the designed waterline.

Textual Amendments

F7Reg. 4(3)(a)(b) substituted (25.11.2011) by The Merchant Shipping (Vessel Traffic Monitoring and Reporting Requirements)(Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2616), reg. 1, Sch. 1 para. 5(b) (it is presumed the closing words “for use on board that ship” were intended to be included in this substitution)