The Merchant Shipping (Mandatory Surveys for Ro-Ro Ferry and High Speed Passenger Craft) Regulations 2001

Made: 24th January 2001

Laid before Parliament: 26th January 2001

Coming into force: 16th February 2001

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Citation and commencement

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Interpretation

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Application

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Verifications relating to vessels

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Operating companies and flag States

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Initial specific surveys

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Exemptions from regulations 4 to 6

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Regular specific surveys and additional surveys

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Prevention of Operation notice

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Reports of inspection

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Improvement notices

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Costs of issuing prevention of operation notices

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Administrative duties of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency

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Shore-based navigational systems

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Accident investigation

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Signed

Signed on behalf of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Keith Hill — Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State — Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions — 2001-01-24

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I. 1993/595.

[^f00002]: 1972 c. 68; by virtue of the amendment of section 1(2) of the European Communities Act by section 1 of the European Economic Area Act 1993 (c. 51) regulations may be made under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act to implement obligations of the United Kingdom created or arising by or under the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992 (Cm 2073) and the Protocol adjusting the Agreement signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993 (Cm 2183).

[^f00003]: O.J. L 138, 1.6.1999, p. 1.

[^f00004]: O.J. L144, 15.5.1998, p. 1.

[^f00005]: S.I. 1999/2567.

[^f00006]: O.J. L 138/1, 1.6.1999, p. 1.

Editorial notes