The Merchant Shipping (Passenger Counting and Recording Systems) Regulations 1990
UK Statutory Instrument 1990 No. 659 — creates 5 criminal offences.
- Made
- 15 March 1990
- In force from
- 12 April 1990
- 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 apply to United Kingdom passenger ships operating as passenger ships of Classes III, IV, V, VI, and VI(A), and require the operation of passenger counting and recording systems 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. It is to be an offence under the Regulations for a ship to put out before the total number of passengers on board has been determined by means of a passenger counting system and the master informed and a record of the number of passengers and the number of crew on board on a particular voyage placed or communicated ashore before departure. It is also to be an offence for any person to make a false statement in connection with the passenger counting 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 5(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- If there is any breach of regulation 2(2) then the master of the ship shall be guilty of an offence and liable on… regulation 5(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- If there is any breach of regulation 2(5) then the master and owner of the ship shall each be guilty of an offence and… regulation 5(3) · Status not determined · 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 5(4) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Any person contravening regulation 4 shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not… regulation 5(5) · Status not determined · Mixed — some elements strict, some not
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