The Merchant Shipping (Radiocommunications) (Amendment) Regulations 2021

Statutory Instruments

2021 No. 1316

Merchant Shipping

Safety

The Merchant Shipping (Radiocommunications) (Amendment) Regulations 2021

Made

29th November 2021

Laid before Parliament

2nd December 2021

Coming into force

24th December 2021

The Secretary of State, after consulting the persons referred to in section 86(4) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995(1), and in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 85(1), (3)(a), (c), (d), (e), (f), (h), (k), (l), (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.

(1)

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 306A was inserted by the Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), section 106. There are other amendments but none is relevant.