2020 No. 501
Merchant ShippingSafety
The Merchant Shipping (Life-Saving Appliances and Arrangements) Regulations 2020
Made at 9.49 a.m. on 18th May 2020
Laid before Parliament at 2.00 p.m. on 18th May 2020
Coming into force 9th June 2020

The Secretary of State, after consulting the persons referred to in section 86(4) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, and in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 85(1), (3)(a), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (j), (k), (l), (m), (n), (o), (p) and (q), and (5) to (7), 86(1)(a), (b), (c) and (d), 302(1) and 306A of that Act, and with the consent of the Treasury, makes the following Regulations.
1995 c. 21; sections 85 and 86 were amended by the Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997 (c. 28), sections 8 and 29(2) and Schedule 7. Section 85 was amended by the British Overseas Territories Act 2002 (c. 8), section 2(3). Section 306(A) was inserted by the Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), section 106. There are other amendments but none is relevant.
Regulations excluded (13.12.2023) by The Merchant Shipping (Small Workboats and Pilot Boats) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1216), regs. 1(1), 5, Sch. 1 (with regs. 4, 6)