The Merchant Shipping (Anti-Fouling Systems) Regulations 2009

Made: 19th October 2009

Laid before Parliament: 22nd October 2009

Coming into force: 1st December 2009

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PART 1 — PRELIMINARY

Citation and commencement

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Interpretation

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Application

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PART 2 — SURVEY AND CERTIFICATION

Surveyors and the issue of certificates

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AFS-Certificates: ships of 400 gross tonnage or above

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AFS-Declarations: ships of less than 400 gross tonnage

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Arbitration

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Cancellation of a certificate

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Availability of certificates and other documents

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PART 3 — INSPECTIONS, DETENTIONS, OFFENCES AND FEES

General provisions on inspection of ships

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Inspection of ships following a Government request

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General provisions on detention

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Right of appeal and compensation

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Offences

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Service of documents on foreign companies

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Enforcement and application of fines

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Offences committed due to the act or default of another person

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Offences by officers of bodies corporate

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Defences

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Fees

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Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Paul Clark — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — 2009-10-19

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1972 c.68; by virtue of the amendment of section 1(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 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 1972 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).

[^f00002]: S.I. 2008/301 and 1994/757.

[^f00003]: 1995 c.21.

[^f00004]: S.I. 1996/2908; an “authorised organisation” is defined in regulation 2 of those Regulations; amendments have been made to some definitions in regulation 2 but none is relevant to this definition.

[^f00005]: S.I. 1996/2128, amended by S.I. 1997/506.

[^f00006]: O.J. L 115, 9.5.2003, p.1; amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 536/2008 of 13 June 2008 (O.J. L 156, 14.6.2008, p. 10), and Regulation (EC) No 219/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 (O.J. L 87, 31.3.2009, p.109). Added to Annex III of the EEA Agreement by Article 1 of the Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No. 159/2003 of 7th November 2003 (O.J. No. L 41, 12.2.2004, p.57).

[^f00007]: Section 85(2) has been amended by section 2(3) of the British Overseas Territories Act 2002 (c.8).

[^f00008]: The meaning of “a person who satisfies the judicial-appointment eligibility condition on an N-year basis” (where N is the number stated in the provision) is defined in section 50 of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c.15).

[^f00009]: 1995 c.21; section 258(1) was amended by the Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997 (c.28), Schedule 1.

[^f00010]: Section 261 has been amended, but the amendments are not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00011]: Section 284 was amended by the Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997 (c.28), Schedule 1.

[^f00012]: Cmnd. 8941.

[^f00013]: Section 145 was amended by the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c.44), Schedule 36.

[^f00014]: S.I. 1995/3128, amended by S.I. 1998/1433, 1998/2198, 2001/2349 and 2003/1636.

Editorial notes