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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1 Preliminary

    1. 1.Citation, commencement and extent

    2. 2.Consequential amendments

  3. PART 2 General

    1. 3.Interpretation

    2. 4.Application

    3. 5.Repairs, alterations, modifications and outfitting

    4. 6.Ambulatory reference

    5. 7.Exemptions

    6. 8.Equivalents

    7. 9.Approvals

    8. 10.Alternative design and arrangements

  4. PART 3 Requirements for ships constructed before 1st January 2009 and engaged on international voyages

    1. 11.Application

    2. 12.Compliance by ships constructed before 1st January 2009

  5. PART 4 Requirements for intermediate ships engaged on international voyages

    1. 13.Application

    2. 14.Compliance by intermediate ships

  6. PART 5 Requirements for new ships engaged on international voyages

    1. 15.Application

    2. 16.Compliance by new ships

  7. PART 6 Enforcement

    1. 17.Offences and penalties

    2. 18.Detention

  8. PART 7 Correcting amendment of the Merchant Shipping (Radio Installations) Regulations 1998 etc.

    1. 19.Amendment of the Merchant Shipping (Radio Installations) Regulations 1998

    2. 20.Amendment of the Merchant Shipping (Radiocommunications) (Amendment) Regulations 2021

    3. 21.Amendment of the Merchant Shipping (Cargo Ship) (Bilge Alarm) Regulations 2021

    4. 22.Amendment of the Merchant Shipping (Nuclear Ships) Regulations 2022

  9. PART 8 Review

    1. 23.Review of Parts 2 to 6 of these Regulations

  10. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE

      1. PART 1 Amendments to the Merchant Shipping (Cargo Ship Construction) Regulations 1997

        1. 1.The Merchant Shipping (Cargo Ship Construction) Regulations 1997are amended as...

        2. 2.For regulation 4 (application), substitute— (1) Subject to paragraph (2), these Regulations apply to—

      2. PART 2 Amendments to the Merchant Shipping (Passenger Ship Construction: Ships of Classes I, II and II(A)) Regulations 1998

        1. 3.The Merchant Shipping (Passenger Ship Construction: Ships of Classes I,...

        2. 4.In regulation 2— (a) in paragraph (2)—

        3. 5.In regulation 3 (application)— (a) in paragraph (1), for “these...

        4. 6.In regulation 4 (exemptions for certain classes of ships and...

        5. 7.In regulation 11(2) (double bottoms), omit “II or”.

        6. 8.In regulation 41 (automatic draught gauge system)—

        7. 9.In regulation 43 (calculation of stability prior to departure), omit...

      3. PART 3 Amendments to other instruments

        1. 10.The Merchant Shipping (Tonnage) Regulations 1997

        2. 11.The Merchant Shipping (Vessels in Commercial Use for Sport or Pleasure) Regulations 1998

        3. 12.The Merchant Shipping (Counting and Registration of Persons on Board Passenger Ships) Regulations 1999

        4. 13.The Merchant Shipping (Fees) Regulations 2018

  12. Explanatory Note