The Merchant Shipping (Passenger Boarding Cards) Regulations 1988
UK Statutory Instrument 1988 No. 191 — creates 5 criminal offences.
- Made
- 11 February 1988
- In force from
- 29 February 1988
- Extent
- Not stated
- Subject
- Education, social security, pensions and public services
- 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 apply to United Kingdom passenger ships operating as passenger ships of Classes II and II(A), and require the operation of a boarding card system for all voyages on which passengers are carried. They require documentation to be retained for future inspection by persons duly authorised by the Secretary of State, and supplementary arrangements to be made for the determination of the numbers of passengers who remain on board the ship from a previous voyage. It is to be an offence under the Regulations for a ship to leave its berth before the total number of passengers on board has been determined by means of the boarding card system and the master informed. It is also to be an offence for any person to make a false statement in connection with the boarding card system, or to falsify the documentation.
Offences created by this instrument
- If there is any breach of regulation 2(1) then the owner of the ship shall be guilty of an offence and liable on… regulation 6(1) · Revoked · Strict liability
- If there is any breach of regulation 2(2) or 4 then the master and owner of the ship shall each be guilty of an… regulation 6(2) · Revoked · Strict liability
- If there is any breach of regulation 2(3) then the master and owner of the ship shall each be guilty of an offence and… regulation 6(3) · Revoked · Strict liability
- If there is any breach of regulation 3 then the owner of the ship shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary… regulation 6(4) · Revoked · Strict liability
- Any person contravening regulation 5 shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not… regulation 6(5) · Revoked · Mixed — some elements strict, some not
What Parliament said about it
Contributions, debates and written statements mentioning this instrument by name. Parliamentary material is reused under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.
- Merchant Shipping (Closing Of Openings In Enclosed Superstructures And In Bulkheads Above The Bulkhead Deck) (Application To Non- United Kingdom Ships) Regulations 1988
Lords · Lords Chamber · 22 March 1988
I turn now to the second of the two orders. This will extend to foreign ships when sailing from United Kingdom ports from 1st April. The provisions of the Merchant Shipping (Passenger Boarding Cards) Regulations 1988 (Statutory Instrument No. 191) have been in effect on UK ships since 29th February. The report of the court of formal investigation into the loss of the "Herald of Free Enterprise" recognised that the number of passengers on board was within the permitted maximum. The report described a series of incidents where ro-ro passenger ferries had carried passengers in excess of the…
How Parliament handled it
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