The Merchant Shipping (Safe Manning Document) Regulations 1992

UK Statutory Instrument 1992 No. 1564 — creates 2 criminal offences.

2offences created

0recorded in force

0revoked

Made: 30 June 1992
In force from: 28 July 1992
Extent: Not stated
Subject: Transport: maritime, aviation, rail and harbours
Made under: Merchant Shipping Act 1979

Explanatory note

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These Regulations give effect to an amendment to the International Convention for the Safety at Sea 1974 (SOLAS) adopted by the Maritime Safety Committee of the International Maritime Organisation at its 57th Session on 11 April 1989. The amendment, concerns the provision of an appropriate safe manning document or equivalent to every ship to which Chapter I of the Convention applies. The Regulations apply to all UK sea-going ships of 500 tons or over and to non-UK ships of 500 tons or over while they are within the United Kingdom or the territorial waters thereof. They require every such ship to be provided with a document issued by or on behalf of the flag state of the ship specifying the level of manning considered necessary to ensure the safe and efficient operation of the ship.

Offences created by this instrument

Provision of Safe Manning Document regulation 5(3) · Status not determined · Strict liability
Provision of Safe Manning Document regulation 5(3)(a) · Status not determined · Strict liability

What Parliament said about it

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Deregulation And Contracting Out Bill Lords · Lords Chamber · 4 July 1994 · Lord Henley
The noble Lord, Lord McCarthy, has made an important and interesting point. He will not be at all surprised if I seek advice on the matter, and I hope that that materialises before I finish speaking. The amendment tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Clinton-Davis, which was moved so ably by the noble Baroness, Lady Turner, seeks to continue the: special licensing requirements for employment agencies which supply seafarers for merchant ships in the United Kingdom. The noble Lord appears to believe that these agencies are a special case and that without licensing their standards will drop. We can…

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