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Statutory Instrument 1991 No. 2144

The Merchant Shipping (Crew Agreements, Lists of Crew and Discharge of Seamen) Regulations 1991

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1991 No. 2144

MERCHANT SHIPPING
MASTERS AND SEAMEN

The Merchant Shipping (Crew Agreements, Lists of Crew and Discharge of Seamen) Regulations 1991

Made23rd September 1991
Laid before Parliament1st October 1991
Coming into force22nd October 1991

    The Secretary of State, after consulting with the organisations referred to in section 99(2) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1970[1], in exercise of his powers under sections 1(5) and (7), 2, 3, 68(2) and (5) and 69 of that Act and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:—

    Citation, commencement and revocation
        1.—(1)  These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Crew Agreements, Lists of Crew and Discharge of Seamen) Regulations 1991 and shall come into force on 22nd October 1991.

        (2)  The following Regulations are hereby revoked:-
      the Merchant Shipping (Crew Agreements, Lists of Crew and Discharge of Seamen) Regulations 1972[2];

      regulation 2(1) of the Merchant Shipping (Crew Agreements, Lists of Crew and Discharge of Seamen) (Merchant Ships and Other Vessels) (Amendment) Regula tions 1977[3];

      the Merchant Shipping (Crew Agreements, Lists of Crew and Discharge of Seamen) (Amendment) Regulations 1978[4];

      the Merchant Shipping (Crew Agreements, Lists of Crew and Discharge of Seamen) (Amendment) Regulations 1981[5].

        2.    In these Regulations-
      "the Act" means the Merchant Shipping Act 1970;

      "coastal voyage" means a voyage between places in the British Islands (including the Republic of Ireland) or from and returning to such a place during which, in either case, no call is made at any place outside those islands;

      "ship" means a ship registered in the United Kingdom but does not include a fishing vessel; and

    references to the gross or to the register tonnage of a ship are, in the case of a ship having alternative gross or alternative register tonnages, references to the larger of its gross tonnages or to the larger of its register tonnages, as the case may be.



Notes:

[1] 1970 c. 36.

[2] S.I. 1972/918, to which there are amendments revoked by these Regulations.

[3] S.I. 1977/45.

[4] S.I. 1978/1756.

[5] S.I. 1981/1789.

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