The Merchant Shipping (Loading and Stability Assessment of Ro/Ro Passenger Ships) (Non-United Kingdom Ships) Regulations 1989
UK Statutory Instrument 1989 No. 567 — creates 3 criminal offences.
- Made
- 28 March 1989
- In force from
- 29 April 1990
- Extent
- Not stated
- Subject
- Transport: maritime, aviation, rail and harbours
- Made under
- Merchant Shipping Act 1979, Parliament in accordance with section 49(4A) of the 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 have the effect of applying to non-United Kingdom ro/ro passenger ships engaged in international voyages from the United Kingdom the principal requirements of the Merchant Shipping (Loading and Stability Assessment of Ro/Ro Passenger Ships) Regulations 1989 (S.I. 1989/100) (which apply only to United Kingdom ships) while they are within a port in the United Kingdom. These Regulations include requirements for the safe loading and unloading of ro/ro passenger ships, the provision of draught marks and the fitting of an automatic draught gauge system. The Regulations also require records to be made of the ship’s draught of water, trim and freeboards and the components of its stability before proceeding on any voyage from a port in the United Kingdom.
Offences created by this instrument
- Any contravention of regulation 3(1) and (3) or 8 shall be an offence on the part of the owner and any contravention… regulation 9(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Any such offence shall be punishable on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or on… regulation 9(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Any contravention of his duty under regulation 5(1) by an officer appointed in accordance with that paragraph shall be… regulation 9(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
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.
- Statutory Instruments, &C
Commons · Commons Chamber · 15 March 1989
Ordered, That the draft Coal Industry (Restructuring Grants) Order 1989 be referred to a Standing Committee on Statutory Instruments, &c. That the draft Merchant Shipping (Weighing of Goods Vehicles and other Cargo) (Application to non-UK Ships) Regulations 1989 be referred to a Standing Committee on Statutory Instruments, &c. That the draft Merchant Shipping (Loading and Stability Assessment of Ro/Ro Passenger Ships) (Non-United Kingdom Ships) Regulations 1989 be referred to a Standing Committee on Statutory Instruments, &c.— [Mr. Dorrell]
- Statutory Instruments, &C Merchant Shipping
Commons · Commons Chamber · 23 March 1989
That the draft Merchant Shipping (Loading and Stability Assessment of Ro/Ro Passenger Ships) (Non-United Kingdom Ships) Regulations 1989, which were laid before this House on 2nd March, be approved.— [Mr. Chapman.]
- Merchant Shipping (Loading And Stability Assessment Of Ro-Ro Passenger Ships) (Non-United Kingdom Ships) Regulations 1989 Lords · Lords Chamber · 23 March 1989
How Parliament handled it
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- This instrument on legislation.gov.uk The authoritative text, including amendments made since
- Other instruments from 1989