The Merchant Shipping (Counting and Registration of Persons on Board Passenger Ships) Regulations 1999

Registration system U.K.

8.—(1) The owner of a passenger ship to which regulation 5 or 6 above applies shall–

(a) establish a system for the registration of the information collected pursuant to these Regulations which–

(i) is in accordance with the requirements of Merchant Shipping Notice [F1 1794 (M) Amendment 1]; and

(ii) is approved by the Secretary of State;

[F2 (b) appoint a passenger registrar who shall be responsible for the transmission of information collected pursuant to these Regulations to the appropriate search and rescue services in the event of an emergency or, in the aftermath of an accident involving the ship and, where applicable, the reporting of this information in the National Single Window; and]

(c) ensure that the information collected pursuant to these Regulations is at all times readily available for transmission to the appropriate search and rescue services for use in an emergency or in the aftermath of an accident involving the ship.

[F3 (2) Personal data which is collected in accordance with regulation 6(2) must be kept by the owner of a passenger ship—

(a) for no longer than is necessary for the purpose of these Regulations; and

[F4 (b) in any event, no later than the moment the ship’s voyage has been safely completed and the data reported in the National Single Window or, as the case may be, to the passenger registrar,

after which it shall be erased without undue delay.]

(3) The Secretary of State may appoint persons to carry out checks on the proper functioning of registration systems approved under this regulation.

(4) In performing the checks referred to in paragraph (3) above, the persons appointed shall–

(i) be entitled to board any ship to which the registration system relates and enter any premises of the passenger registrar; and

(ii) have access to any records and documents, including electronic and computer records, which comprise the owner’s registration system.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 8(1)(a)(i) substituted (22.2.2021) by The Merchant Shipping (Counting and Registration of Persons on Board Passenger Ships) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/81), regs. 1, 2(7)(a)

F2 Reg. 8(1)(b) substituted (22.2.2021) by The Merchant Shipping (Counting and Registration of Persons on Board Passenger Ships) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/81), regs. 1, 2(7)(b)

F3 Reg. 8(2) substituted (22.2.2021) by The Merchant Shipping (Counting and Registration of Persons on Board Passenger Ships) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/81), regs. 1, 2(7)(c)

F4 Reg. 8(2)(b) substituted (10.8.2023) by The Merchant Shipping (Counting and Registration of Persons on Board Passenger Ships) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/787), regs. 1(1), 2(8)

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 8 in force at 22.7.1999, see reg. 1