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Statutory Instruments
Merchant Shipping
Made
30th March 2010
Laid before Parliament
1st April 2010
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(1) and sections 85(1), (3) and (5) to (7) and 86(1) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995(2).
The Secretary of State is a Minister designated(3) for the purpose of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to measures relating to the safety of ships, and the health and safety of persons on them.
In accordance with section 86(4) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, so far as the Regulations are made in the exercise of powers conferred by section 85 of that Act the Secretary of State has consulted the persons referred to in section 86:
1972 c.68; by virtue of the amendment of section 1(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 by section 1 of the European Economic Area Act 1993 (c.51) regulations may be made under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 to implement obligations of the United Kingdom created or arising by or under the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992 (Cm 2073) and the Protocol adjusting the Agreement signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993 (Cm 2183).
1995 c.21; sections 85 and 86 were amended by the Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997 (c. 28) sections 8 and 29, Schedule 7, Part I and are applied to hovercraft by the Hovercraft (Application of Enactments) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/1350) to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.
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