The Fishing Vessels (Safety Provisions) (Amendment) Rules 1978

Made: 9th November 1978

Laid before Parliament: 10th November 1978

Coming into Operation: 17th December 1978

The Secretary of State, after consulting with the organisations referred to in section 7(2) of the Fishing Vessels (Safety Provisions) Act 1970, in exercise of powers conferred by section 2 of that Act and now vested in him[^f00001] and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Rules:

1

These Rules may be cited as the Fishing Vessels (Safety Provisions) (Amendment) Rules 1978 and shall come into operation on 17th December 1978.

2

The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the interpretation of these Rules as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament and as if these Rules and the Rules hereby revoked were Acts of Parliament.

3

The Fishing Vessels (Safety Provisions) Rules 1975, as amended[^f00002], shall be further amended as follows:

Signed

Stanley Clinton Davis — Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State — Department of Trade — 9th November 1978

Explanatory note

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Rules further amend the Fishing Vessels (Safety Provisions) Rules 1975. Under those Rules all fishing vessels were formerly subject to periodical inspections not less than 21 months and not more than 27 months from the date of the issue of a United Kingdom fishing vessel certificate. This requirement will continue to apply only in respect of vessels to which Rule 1(4)(a)(v) of the Rules apply (vessels whose keel was laid on or after 1st May 1975 pursuant to a construction agreement entered into on or after that date). Other vessels (to which Rule 1(4) (a)(i) to (iv) inclusive, (b) and (c) of the Rules apply) will not be required to be periodically inspected within that period until after their fishing vessel certificates have been in force for 48 months (or for such shorter period as may be specified in the certificate) and they have been satisfactorily surveyed and renewal certificates have been issued.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: See S.I. 1970/1537.

[^f00002]: The relevant amending Instrument is S.I. 1977/313.