8 Vessels carrying Rhine Navigation Certificates
1 This regulation applies to a vessel which is carrying a valid certificate issued pursuant to Article 22 of the Revised Convention for Rhine Navigation.
Cmnd 2421 – Convention to amend the revised convention for Rhine navigation signed at Mannheim, October 17, 1868, Strasbourg, November 20 1963.
2 A vessel which is operating on Zone 1 or 2 waterways may, instead of carrying a certificate which complies with regulation 6, carry a valid supplementary Community inland navigation certificate which attests full compliance with the additional United Kingdom technical requirements—
(a) adopted in accordance with Article 5(1) and (3) of Directive 2006/87/EC,
(b) notified to the Commission in accordance with Article 5(3) of Directive 2006/87/EC, and
(c) specified in a Merchant Shipping Notice.
3 A vessel which is a passenger vessel operating on Zone 3 waterways not linked to the navigable inland waterways of an EEA State other than the United Kingdom may, instead of carrying a certificate which complies with regulation 6, carry a valid supplementary Community inland navigation certificate which attests full compliance with the additional United Kingdom technical requirements—
(a) adopted in accordance with Article 5(2) and (3) of Directive 2006/87/EC,
(b) notified to the Commission in accordance with Article 5(3) of Directive 2006/87/EC, and
(c) specified in a Merchant Shipping Notice.
4 A vessel which is—
(a) not a passenger vessel, and is operating on Zone 3 waterways, or
(b) operating on Zone 4 waterways,
may, instead of carrying a certificate which complies with regulation 6, carry a valid supplementary Community inland navigation certificate which attests full compliance of the vessel with the reduced requirements specified in Chapter 19b of Annex II to Directive 2006/87/EC.