The Merchant Shipping (Miscellaneous Safety) (Revocations) Regulations 2015

Made8th January 2015

Laid before Parliament4th February 2015

Coming into force28th February 2015

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 85(1), (3), (5), (6) and (7) and 86(1) and (2)(a) 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 (Miscellaneous Safety) (Revocations) Regulations 2015 and come into force on 28th February 2015.

Revocations2

The instruments listed in the Schedule are revoked.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

John HayesMinister of StateDepartment for Transport8th January 2015

SCHEDULE

Regulation 2

Revocations

Regulations revoked	Reference
The Merchant Shipping (Pilot Ladders) Rules 19652	S.I. 1965/1046
The Merchant Shipping (Pilot Ladders) (Amendment No. 2) Rules 19723	S.I. 1972/531
The Merchant Shipping (Means of Access) Regulations 19884	S.I. 1988/1637
The Merchant Shipping (Safe Movement on Board Ship) Regulations 19885	S.I. 1988/1641

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

This instrument revokes two sets of Rules and two sets of Regulations relating to merchant shipping safety.

The Merchant Shipping (Pilot Ladders) Rules 1965 (S.I. 1965/1046) (“the 1965 Rules”) and one amending instrument (S.I. 1972/531) required the provision of a pilot ladder in ships of certain classes so as to implement certain provisions of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea 1960. This Convention was superseded by the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea 1974 (“the SOLAS Convention”) (as amended) and the requirements relating to pilot ladders in Chapter V of the SOLAS Convention are implemented by the Merchant Shipping (Safety of Navigation) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/1473). The 1965 Rules which, following earlier revocations, only apply to certain British Overseas Territories which do not maintain a shipping register, are therefore spent.

The Merchant Shipping (Means of Access) Regulations 1988 (S.I. 1988/1637) set out requirements relating to safe access to ships. The Merchant Shipping (Safe Movement on Board Ship) Regulations 1988 (S.I. 1988/1641) require the maintenance of a safe means of access to any place on a ship where a person may be expected to be, together with other safety requirements. These two sets of Regulations gave effect, in part, to the Merchant Shipping (Minimum Standards) Convention 1976 (International Labour Organisation Convention No. 147). These requirements have been superseded by the implementation in the United Kingdom of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (Cm 7049) by virtue of the Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Minimum Requirements for Seafarers etc.) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1613) and the Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Health and Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1616).

A full impact assessment of the effect that the revocation of the Merchant Shipping (Means of Access) Regulations 1988 and the Merchant Shipping (Safe Movement on Board Ship) Regulations 1998 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. An impact assessment has not been produced for the other measures in this instrument as no impact on the private, public or voluntary sector is foreseen.