These Regulations implement amendments to Chapter II-2 of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 (“the Convention”) relating to fire protection, fire detection and fire extinction, and also make provision in respect of ships to which the Convention does not apply. The Regulations revoke and replace the Merchant Shipping (Fire Protection: Large Ships) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/1012), the Merchant Shipping (Fire Protection) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2950) and the provisions that amend both sets of Regulations.