The Merchant Shipping (High Speed Craft) Regulations 2022

Approvals

8.—(1) The Secretary of State, or any person authorised by the Secretary of State, may grant an approval in relation to a United Kingdom high speed craft for anything in Chapter X, the High-Speed Craft Code, 1994 or the High-Speed Craft Code, 2000 requiring to be—

(a) approved by the Administration of the State whose flag the craft is entitled to fly;

(b) done to the satisfaction of such Administration; or

(c) acceptable to that Administration.

(2) An approval given under paragraph (1) may, on the giving of reasonable notice, be continued, altered or cancelled.

(3) Any approval given under paragraph (1), or a continuation, alteration or cancellation under paragraph (2), must—

(a) be in writing;

(b) specify the date on which it takes effect; and

(c) specify the terms, if any, on which it is given.

(4) The requirement that the approval referred to in paragraph (1), or a continuation, alteration or cancellation under paragraph (2), be in writing is satisfied where the text of the approval, continuation, alteration or cancellation is—

(a) transmitted by electronic means;

(b) received in legible form; and

(c) capable of being used for subsequent reference.