The Merchant Shipping (Crew Agreements, Lists of Crew and Discharge of Seamen) (Merchant Ships and Other Vessels) (Amendment) Regulations 1977 No. 45


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1977 No. 45

MERCHANT SHIPPING

MASTERS AND SEAMEN

The Merchant Shipping (Crew Agreements, Lists of Crew and Discharge of Seamen) (Merchant Ships and Other Vessels) (Amendment) Regulations 1977

Made

14th January 1977

Laid before Parliament

24th January 1977

Coming into Operation

14th February 1977

The Secretary of State, after consulting with the organisations referred to in section 99(2) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1970, in exercise of powers conferred by section 69 of that Act and now vested in him(1), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Crew Agreements, Lists of Crew and Discharge of Seamen) (Merchant Ships and Other Vessels) (Amendment) Regulations 1977 and shall come into operation on 14th February 1977.

2.-(1) The Merchant Shipping (Crew Agreements, Lists of Crew and Discharge of Seamen) Regulations 1972(2) shall be amended as follows:

(a)by the addition of the following new regulation after regulation 17 thereof:

"17A. A person having in his possession a copy of a list of crew required to be maintained under regulation 16 relating to a ship, other than a ship of less than 25 gross tons or to a ship belonging to a general lighthouse authority, shall produce it on demand to a superintendent.";

(b)by the insertion in Regulation 22(2) thereof (Offences under Part II) of "17A" after "17".

(2) The Merchant Shipping (Crew Agreements, Lists of Crew and Discharge of Seamen) (Fishing Vessels) Regulations 1972(3) shall be amended as follows:

(a)by the addition of the following new regulation after regulation 16 thereof:

"16A. A person having in his possession a copy of a list of crew required to be maintained under regulation 15 relating to a fishing vessel, other than a fishing vessel of a length of less than 55 feet, shall produce it on demand to a superintendent.";

and

(b)by the insertion in regulation 21(2) thereof (Offences under Part II) of "16A" after "16".

Stanley Clinton Davis

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department of Trade

14th January 1977

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations amend the Merchant Shipping (Crew Agreements, Lists of Crew and Discharge of Seamen) Regulations 1972 and the Merchant Shipping (Crew Agreements, Lists of Crew and Discharge of Seamen) (Fishing Vessels) Regulations 1972 by requiring the person who possesses a copy of the list of crew (except in respect of crews in ships under 25 gross tons, in ships belonging to a general lighthouse authority, and in fishing vessels under 55 feet) to produce it on demand to a superintendent and making it an offence if he does not do so.

(1)

S.I. 1970/1537 (1970 III, p. 5293).

(2)

(1972 II, p. 2892).

(3)

(1972 II, p. 2902).


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