2015 No. 629
Merchant Shipping
Safety

The Merchant Shipping (Weighing of Goods Vehicles and other Cargo) (Revocations) Regulations 2015

Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 85(1), (3), (5), (6) and (7) and 86(1) of the Merchant Shipping Act 19951, makes the following Regulations.

The Secretary of State has consulted such persons in the United Kingdom as the Secretary of State considers will be affected by the exercise of powers in this instrument in accordance with section 86(4) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995.

Citation and commencement1.

These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Weighing of Goods Vehicles and other Cargo) (Revocations) Regulations 2015 and come into force on 6th April 2015.

Revocations2.

The following instruments are revoked—

(a)

the Merchant Shipping (Weighing of Goods Vehicles and other Cargo) Regulations 19882,

(b)

the Merchant Shipping (Weighing of Goods Vehicles and other Cargo) (Amendment) Regulations 19893, and

(c)

the Merchant Shipping (Weighing of Goods Vehicles and other Cargo) (Application to non-UK Ships) Regulations 19894.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

John Hayes
Minister of State
Department for Transport
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)

This instrument revokes three sets of Regulations relating to merchant shipping safety and the weighing of vehicles and other cargo.

The Merchant Shipping (Weighing of Goods Vehicles and other Cargo) Regulations 1988 (S.I. 1988/1275, amended by S.I. 1989/270) impose requirements as to the weighing of certain road vehicles and other cargo transported on voyages on which passengers are also carried. The application of the regulations was extended by the Merchant Shipping (Weighing of Goods Vehicles and other Cargo) (Application to non-UK Ships) Regulations 1989 (S.I. 1989/568) to include certain ships registered outside the United Kingdom whilst in a port in the United Kingdom. Newer safety standards relating to ship construction are prescribed in the Merchant Shipping (Passenger Ship Construction: Ships of Classes I, II and II(A)) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/2514) and the Merchant Shipping (Passenger Ship Construction: Ships of Classes III to VI(A)) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/2515). The Merchant Shipping (Carriage of Cargoes) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/336) also require shippers to provide information to port operators about the weight of cargo to be transported. The requirements prescribed in the instruments to be revoked have therefore been superseded.

A full impact assessment of the effect that the revocations will have on the costs of business and the voluntary sector is available and is published with the Explanatory Memorandum alongside the instrument on www.legislation.gov.uk.