The Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Provision and Use of Work Equipment) Regulations 2006

Statutory Instruments

2006 No. 2183

MERCHANT SHIPPING

The Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Provision and Use of Work Equipment) Regulations 2006

Made

8th August 2006

Laid before Parliament

15th August 2006

Coming into force

24th November 2006

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(1) (“the 1972 Act”) and by sections 85(1)(a) and (b), (3) and (7) and 86(1) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995(2) (“the 1995 Act”).

The Secretary of State is a Minister designated(3) for the purposes of section 2(2) of the 1972 Act in relation to measures relating to the safety of ships and the health and safety of persons on them.

In accordance with section 86(4) of the 1995 Act the Secretary of State has consulted the persons referred to in that section.

(1)

1972 c.68; by virtue of the amendment of section 1(2) of the European Communities Act by section 1 of the European Economic Area Act 1993 (c.51) regulations may be made under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act to implement obligations of the United Kingdom created or arising by or under the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992 (Cm 2073) as adjusted by the Protocol to the Agreement signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993 (Cm 2183).

(2)

1995 c.21; sections 85 and 86 were amended by the Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997 (c.28), section 8, and are applied to hovercraft by the Hovercraft (Application of Enactments) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/1350) to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

(3)

S.I. 1993/595.