UK Offence Report

The Merchant Shipping (Mandatory Ship Reporting) Regulations 1996

UK Statutory Instrument 1996 No. 1749 — creates 1 criminal offence.

1offences created
0recorded in force
0revoked
Made
5 July 1996
In force from
1 August 1996
Extent
Not stated
Subject
Transport: maritime, aviation, rail and harbours
Made under
Merchant Shipping Act 1995

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 implement Regulation 8-1 of Chapter V of the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) Convention 1974, which was added by Maritime Safety Committee Resolution MSC.31 (63) adopted on 23rd May 1994. The Regulations require United Kingdom ships to comply with ship reporting systems adopted by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) pursuant to Regulation 8-1 of Chapter V of SOLAS which are specified in Part 1, 2 or 3 of Volume 6 of the Admiralty List of Radio Signals and annotated as `Mandatory System under SOLAS Regulation V/8-1'. Other ships are required to comply with any such system which was submitted to IMO by the United Kingdom, when in United Kingdom waters (i.e. all waters landward of the seaward limits of the United Kingdom’s territorial waters). The Admiralty List of Radio Signals is obtainable from branded Admiralty distributors as listed in the Catalogue of Admiralty Charts and Other Hydrographic Publications (available from the Hydrographic Office, Admiralty Way, Taunton, Somerset TA1 2DN). Regulation 8-1 of Chapter V of SOLAS is obtainable from the International Maritime Organization, 4 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7SR.

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