The Merchant Shipping (Operations Book) Regulations 1988

UK Statutory Instrument 1988 No. 1716 — creates 2 criminal offences.

2offences created

0recorded in force

2revoked

Made: 5 October 1988
In force from: 1 December 1988
Extent: Not stated
Subject: Transport: maritime, aviation, rail and harbours
Made under: Merchant Shipping Act 1979

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

These Regulations, which apply to United Kingdom passenger ships on short sea trades, require all such ships to carry a book (called the operations book) containing instructions and information for safe and efficient operation. Matters to be covered are listed in the Schedule, but provision is made for items adequately covered by Master’s Standing Orders to be omitted. The Regulations also require owners to nominate a person (known as the designated person) to oversee the operation of their ships and to ensure that proper provisions are made so that the requirements of the operation book may be complied with. Owners are required to provide the designated person with sufficient authority and resources to carry out his task. A Master is required generally to operate his ship in accordance with the operations book, but provision is made to ensure that he retains authority to depart from the book if this is necessary in the interests of safety. The operations book and Master’s Standing Orders (if any) must be made available for inspection by Department of Transport Surveyors. Penalties are provided for breach of the Regulations.

Offences created by this instrument

Penalties regulation 10(1) · Revoked · Strict liability
Penalties regulation 10(2) · Revoked · Strict liability

What Parliament said about it

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International Tribunal For The Law Of The Sea (Immunities And Privileges) Order 1995 Lords · Lords Chamber · 25 January 1996 · Lord Clinton-Davis
My Lords, at last I have done something which meets with the approbation of the Minister. I am glad about that. That body, in 1952 when few people were even talking about the "environment", was established by my noble friend Lord Callaghan, who showed a substantial measure of prescience in so doing. Since then it has taken a keen interest in these policies. It is over 13 years since the final text of the Law of the Sea Convention was accepted at the Plenipotentiary Conference in Jamaica in 1982. The United Kingdom then joined the United States and other G7 states in not signing because of…

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