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The Merchant Shipping (Accident Reporting and Investigation) Regulations 2026

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Statutory Instruments

2026 No. 430

MERCHANT SHIPPING

The Merchant Shipping (Accident Reporting and Investigation) Regulations 2026

Made

16th April 2026

Laid before Parliament

22nd April 2026

Coming into force

15th May 2026

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 267 and 306A of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995(1) and by section 112(1)(a) and (c), (3) and (5) of the Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003(2).

In accordance with section 112(7)(c) of the Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003, the Secretary of State has consulted such organisations in the United Kingdom as appear to the Secretary of State to be representative of persons who will be affected by the amendments made by these Regulations under that Act.

(1)

1995 c. 21 (“the Act”); section 306A was inserted by the Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), section 106. Sections 267 and 306A of the Act are applied by S.I. 2023/35, amended by S.I. 2025/1195 and 2026/306 and 348, in relation to watercraft (as defined in S.I. 2023/35). Sections 267 and 306A are applied in relation to hovercraft (as defined in section 4 of the Hovercraft Act 1968 (c. 59)) by S.I. 1989/1350, amended by S.I. 2025/1094; there are other amendments but none is relevant.

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