MERCHANT SHIPPING PART 1 GENERAL Citation, commencement and revocation 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Certification of Deck and Marine Engineer Officers and Licensing of Marine Engine Operators) (Amendment) Regulations 1987 and shall come into force on 5th June 1987. 2 The Merchant Shipping (Certification of Deck Officers) Regulations 1985 shall be amended as follows: a in regulation 2(1) there shall be inserted at the end the following definition:— “United Kingdom ship” has the same meaning as in section 21(2) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1979 . b for regulation 3 there shall be substituted the following:— 3 1 Subject to paragraph (3) below, Parts II and III of these Regulations apply to:— a United Kingdom ships; and b ships registered outside the United Kingdom which carry passengers:— i between places in the United Kingdom or between the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man or any of the Channel Islands; or ii on a voyage which begins and ends at the same place in the United Kingdom and on which the ship calls at no place outside the United Kingdom. 2 Subject to paragraph (3) below, Part IV of these Regulations applies to all United Kingdom ships. 3 These Regulations do not apply to:— a ships which do not go to sea beyond the limits of smooth or partially smooth waters; b pleasure craft of less than 80 GRT or under 24 metres in length; c fishing vessels and Government fishery research vessels. 4 The provisions of Parts II and III of these Regulations have effect subject to any exemption from the requirements thereof given under section 44 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1970. ; c in regulation 4(1) for “these Regulations apply” there shall be substituted “this Part of these Regulations applies”; d in regulation 4(3)(b) after “Master (Restricted) Endorsement” insert “Master (Restricted) (Limited European) Endorsement”; e in regulation 5(2) “under regulation 6(2) of these Regulations” shall be omitted; f in regulation 5(7), in Table 1, in respect of the entries for Class 4 in column 2 of the entries for “Master Home Trade” and “Mate Home Trade” respectively, for “locations in the Extended European area” there shall be substituted “any locations”; g in regulation 5(9) after “that Table” insert “subject to any limitation as to area of operation or description of ship endorsed thereon”; h regulation 6(2) shall be deleted; i in regulation 6(3) for “certificate of competency, a command endorsement” there shall be substituted “certificate of competency or a command endorsement”, and “or a certificate of service (deck officer)”, shall be deleted; j in regulation 8, in Table 4, in the entry “Class 3 or Class 4” in column 2 after “Tugmaster” there shall be inserted “(Extended European)”; k in regulation 9(1) for “Standy-by” substitute “Stand-by”; l in regulation 18 for “these Regulations apply” there shall be substituted “this Part of these Regulations applies”; m in regulation 19 the following shall be substituted for paragraph (3):— 3 No person shall appoint any other person to act in a capacity for which he is not duly certificated in accordance with these Regulations. ; n in regulation 20 i in paragraph (1), “or (3)” shall be inserted after “19(1)”; and ii paragraph (2) shall be omitted; o in Schedule 1, in Table A, in the entry “Limited European”, in the sub-entry “1000 GRT but under 1600 GRT” in column 3, after “3(B)” there shall be added “(C)”. 3 The Merchant Shipping (Certification of Marine Engineer Officers and Licensing of Marine Engine Operators) Regulations 1986 shall be amended as follows:— a in regulation 2(1) there shall be inserted at the end the following definition:— ““United Kingdom ship” has the same meaning as in section 21(2) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1979.”; b for regulation 3 there shall be substituted the following:— 3 1 Subject to paragraph (4) below, Parts II to IV of these Regulations apply to ships described in paragraph (3) below which are:— a United Kingdom ships or b ships registered outside the United Kingdom which carry passengers:— i between places in the United Kingdom or between the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man or any of the Channel Islands; or ii on a voyage which begins and ends at the same place in the United Kingdom and on which the ship calls at no place outside the United Kingdom. 2 Subject to paragraph (4) below Part V of these Regulations applies to ships described in paragraph (3) below which are United Kingdom ships. 3 The ships referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) above are ships having registered power of 350 kilowatts or more, and sail training ships which in either case go to sea beyond the limits of smooth or partially smooth waters. 4 The Regulations do not apply to fishing vessels, Government fishery research vessels or pleasure craft. 5 The provisions of Parts II to IV of these Regulations have effect subject to any exemption from the requirements thereof given under section 44 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1970. ; c in regulations 4(1), 11(1), 18(1), 20(1), and 21(2) for “to which these Regulations apply” there shall in each case be substituted “to which this Part of these Regulations applies”; d in regulation 22 i “or (3)” shall be inserted after “21(1)”; and ii paragraph (2) shall be omitted. 4 The Merchant Shipping (Unregistered Ships) Regulations 1972 shall be amended by adding the following regulation 4:— 4 It is hereby directed that sections 43, 45 and 47 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1970 shall extend to British ships which are not registered under the law of any country but are United Kingdom ships within the meaning of section 21(2)(b) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1979 and to masters and seamen employed therein. . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Michael Spicer Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Transport 13th May 1987