2000 No. 482
The Merchant Shipping (Vessels in Commercial Use for Sport or Pleasure) (Amendment) Regulations 2000
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, after consulting the persons referred to in section 86(4) of the Merchant Shipping Act 19951, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 85(1)(a) and (b), (3) and (5) to (7) and section 86(1) of that Act, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement1
These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Vessels in Commercial Use for Sport or Pleasure) (Amendment) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 1st April 2000.
Amendment of Regulations2
The Merchant Shipping (Vessels in Commercial Use for Sport or Pleasure) Regulations 19982 shall be amended:
a
by inserting, in regulation 5(2)(a) after the words “The Safety of Small Commercial Motor Vessels—A Code of Practice”, the words “or “The Safety of Small Vessels in Commercial Use for Sport or Pleasure Operating from a Nominated Departure Point—A Code of Practice””;
b
by adding at the end of the sub-heading to Schedule 2 the words:
“OR SMALL VESSELS IN COMMERCIAL USE FOR SPORT OR PLEASURE OPERATING FROM A NOMINATED DEPARTURE POINT”; and
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
(This note is not part of the Regulations)