The Merchant Shipping (Special Measures to Enhance Maritime Safety) Regulations 2024
These Regulations implement provisions of Chapter XI-1 (special measures to enhance maritime safety) in the Annex to the International Convention on the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 (“the Convention”) which are not already implemented in other United Kingdom legislation.
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Made
11 Mar 2024
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In force
02 Apr 2024
Enabling power
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), (o), (p) and (q), (5) to (7), 86(1)(a), (b), (c) and (d), 302(1) and 306A of that Act and article 2 of the Merchant Shipping (Control of Pollution) (SOLAS) Order 1998, and with the consent of the Treasury, makes the following Regulations.
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