The Merchant Shipping (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2006

Statutory Instruments

2006 No. 3225

merchant shipping

The Merchant Shipping (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2006

Made

4th December 2006

Laid before Parliament

7th December 2006

Coming into force

1st January 2007

The Secretary of State for Transport, with the consent of the Treasury, makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 302(1) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995(1):

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 and come into force on 1st January 2007.

Amendment of principal Regulations

2.—(1) The Merchant Shipping ((Fees) Regulations 2006(2) are amended as provided in paragraph (2).

(2) For Part 5 of Schedule 1 (boatmasters’ licences) there is substituted—

“PART 5 BOATMASTERS’ LICENCES AND CERTIFICATES

In this Part—

(a) “the 1993 Regulations”means the Merchant Shipping (Local Passenger Vessels) (Masters’ Licences and Hours, Manning and Training) Regulations 1993(3);

(b) the following expressions—

“boatmaster’s licence” and related expressions,

“boatmaster’s certificate” and related expressions,

“relevant local knowledge endorsement”,

“Rhine navigation licence”, and

“supplementary licence”,

have the meanings respectively given in the Merchant Shipping (Inland Waterway and Limited Coastal Voyages) (Boatmasters’ Qualifications and Hours of Work) Regulations 2006(4); and

(c) “specialist endorsement” means an endorsement other than a relevant local knowledge endorsement.

Table of fees

(1) Item	(2) Subject of fee		(3) Amount of fee
1.	The combined practical and oral assessment for the boatmaster’s licence taken on the same occasion		£141
2.	The practical test part of the assessment for the boatmaster’s licence		£94
3.	The oral test part of the assessment for the boatmaster’s licence		£94
4.	The issue of—
		(a) a boatmaster’s licence	£22
		(b) a boatmaster’s certificate	£22
5.	The revalidation of—
		(a) a boatmaster’s licence	£28
		(b) a boatmaster’s certificate	£28
		(c) a boatmaster’s licence issued under the 1993 Regulations	£28
6.	The upgrading of—
		(a) a Tier 1 (Level 1) boatmaster’s licence to Tier 1 (Level 2)	£28
		(b) a Group B boatmaster’s certificate to Group A	£28
7.	The endorsement of an additional operational area on a Tier 2 boatmaster’s licence		£62
8.	The replacement of a lost boatmaster’s licence or boatmaster’s certificate, except where the loss occurred through no fault of the holder.		£18
9.	An assessment for a specialist or relevant local knowledge endorsement on a boatmaster’s licence—
		(a) if taken with a generic licence assessment	£100
		(b) if taken separately	£109
10.	An assessment for a supplementary licence by the holder of a Rhine navigation licence		£109”

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

S.J. Ladyman

Minister of State

Department for Transport

30th November 2006

We consent to the making of these Regulations

D.C.Watts

F. Roy

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

4th December 2006

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Merchant Shipping (Fees) Regulations 2006 by replacing the schedule of fees for examinations for and the issue of boatmasters’ licences (and related matters) under the Merchant Shipping (Local Passenger Vessels) (Masters’ Licences and Hours, Manning and Training) Regulations 1993 (S.I. 1993/1213, the “1993 Regulations”) with fees for similar functions carried out under the Merchant Shipping (Inland Waterway and Limited Coastal Voyages) (Boatmasters’ Qualifications and Hours of Work) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/3223, the “2006 Regulations”).

The fees for functions under the 2006 Regulations remain unchanged from fees for the equivalent functions under the 1993 Regulations. Thus, for example:

• the fees for the two parts of the examination for a boatmaster’s licence whether taken on one occasion or separately remain the same;

• the fees for the issue and revalidation of a boatmaster’s licence or certificate are the same as the fees for the issue and revalidation of a licence under the 1993 Regulations;

• a supplementary licence is issued to the holder of a Rhine navigation licence for the same purpose as a relevant local knowledge endorsement on a boatmaster’s licence and the fees are the same.

No Regulatory Impact Assessment has been prepared in connection with these Regulations as they are not considered to have any impact on the costs or savings of business or the voluntary or public sectors.

(1)

1995 c.21.

(2)

S.I. 2006/2055.

(3)

S.I. 1993/1213.

(4)

S.I. 2006/ 3223.