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Amendments to the Merchant Shipping (Vessel Traffic Monitoring and Reporting Requirements) Regulations 2004

3.  The Merchant Shipping (Vessel Traffic Monitoring and Reporting Requirements) Regulations 2004(1) are amended as follows—

(a)in regulation 4(2)(c) after “fishing vessels” add “having a length of less than 45 metres”;

(b)in regulation 4(2)(d) after “traditional ships” add “having a length of less than 45 metres”;

(c)in regulation 4(6)—

(i)omit “, in relation to a recreational craft,”, and

(ii)for “the craft”, at each place where it occurs, substitute “the vessel, ship or craft”;

(d)in regulation 5(6) for “by the quickest means possible” substitute “and whenever practicable the notification by the port authority shall be made electronically”; and

(e)at the end of regulation 16(2)(c) add “or”.