The Merchant Shipping (Safety Measures for Ships Carrying Industrial Personnel and Special Personnel) Regulations 2025

International Maritime Organization (IMO) Resolution MSC.418(97) was adopted on 25th November 2016 and is available at https://wwwcdn.imo.org/localresources/en/KnowledgeCentre/IndexofIMOResolutions/MSCResolutions/MSC.418(97).pdf and in hard copy from the IMO of 4 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7SR.

S.I. 2010/737, amended by S.I. 2014/1614, 2018/242 and 2022/1219.

Section 284 was amended by Schedule 1 to the Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997 (c. 28) and S.I. 2015/664.

Section 96(7) was amended by Part 1 of Schedule 10 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15) and by Schedule 11 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4). Section 96(10) was repealed by Schedule 4 to the Arbitration Act 1996 (c. 23).

Section 95 was amended by Schedule 1 to the Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997 (c. 28).

S.I. 2025/1298.

S.I. 2022/1219, amended by S.I. 2025/1195 and 2025/1280, and by these Regulations.

S.I. 2018/1104, amended by S.I. 2022/1219, 2023/1216 and 2025/1103. There are other amendments but none is relevant.

S.I. 2022/41, amended by these Regulations. There is another amendment which is not relevant.

Merchant Shipping Notice 1672 (M+F) Amendment 4 is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/msn-1672-mf-amendment-4-ship-inspection-and-survey-organisations and in hard copy from the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) of Spring Place, 105 Commercial Road, Southampton SO15 1EG (telephone 020 3817 2000 and email vesselstandards@mcga.gov.uk).