1. These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Fees) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 1993 and shall come into force on 28th July 1993.

2. The Merchant Shipping (Fees) Regulations 1991(12) shall be amended as follows.

3. In regulation 2(1) for the definition of "Radio Rules" there shall be substituted the following:

""Radio Rules" means the Merchant Shipping (Radio) (Fishing Vessels) Rules 1974(13), the Merchant Shipping (Radio and Radio Navigational Equipment Survey) Regulations 1991(14), the Merchant Shipping (Radio Installations) Regulations 1992(15) and the Merchant Shipping (Navigational Equipment) Regulations 1993(16).".

4. In regulation 4(1)(b) "and vice versa" shall be inserted after "overseas".

5. In regulation 5(2) for "£44" there shall be substituted "£48".

6. In the Schedule Part I, paragraph 1(2):

(a)in Part C, the entry for the Merchant Shipping (Dangerous Goods) Regulations 1981(17) shall be deleted;

(b)in Part E, in the entries for the Merchant Shipping (Life Saving Appliances) Regulations 1980(18) and Merchant Shipping (Life Saving Appliances) Regulations 1986(19) there shall be added in each case in column 3 (amended by SI): "1991/1300";

(c)in Part F in the entry for the Fishing Vessels (Safety Provisions) Rules 1975(20) there shall be added in column 3: "1991/1342";

(d)in Part G, in the entry for the Merchant Shipping (Load Lines) Rules 1968(21), in column 3, "1980/641" shall be omitted, and the following inserted "1990/2128 1991/2543";

(e)in Part I, the entries for the Merchant Shipping (Radio Installations) Regulations 1980(22), and for the Merchant Shipping (Radio Installations Survey) Regulations 1981(23) shall be omitted and the following inserted at the end, in columns 1 (Title) and 2 (S.I.Number):

(f)in Part J, the entries for the Merchant Shipping (Passenger Boarding Cards) Regulations 1988(24) and the Merchant Shipping (Weighing of Goods Vehicles and other Cargo) Regulations 1988(25) shall be omitted;

(g)in Part L, there shall be inserted at the end, in columns 1 and 2;

7. In the Schedule, in Part I, paragraph 2:

(a)in sub-paragraph (1), insert after "Subject" the words "to sub-paragraph (2) below and";

(b)in sub-paragraph (2)(a)(i) for "£44" substitute "£48";

(c)in sub-paragraph (2)(a)(ii) for "£72" and "£88" substitute "£79" and "£96" respectively; and

(d)sub-paragraph (b) shall be omitted.

8. In the Schedule, in Part II:

(a)in paragraph 3 for the entries in the column headed "Fee" in the table the following entries shall be substituted:

• "£460

• £720

• £910

• £1040

• £1170

• £1570

• £1845

• £2070

• £2240

• £2370

• £2370 plus £305 for each 1,000 tons or part thereof by which the vessel exceeds 3,000 tons £6030 plus £200 for each 1,000 tons or part thereof by which the vessel exceeds 15,000 tons £8030 plus £160 for each 1,000 tons or part thereof by which the vessel exceeds 25,000 tons

• £13,630";

(b)in paragraph 4(1)(a) for "70%" there shall be substituted "90%";

(c)for the figure of "£45" in paragraph 4(1)(b), 4(2)(b), 4(3)(b), 4(4)(b) and 4(7) there shall in each case be substituted "£49"; and

(d)for paragraph 4(5) there shall be substituted the following:

"(a)Subject to sub-paragraph (b) below the fees to be charged for the tonnage measurement of a pleasure yacht under 13.7 metres (45 feet) in overall length in accordance with Schedule 5, Part IV and Appendix 5 of the Regulations shall not exceed £152.50.

(b)Notwithstanding sub-paragraph (a) above, in addition to the fee for such ships (whether or not restricted by the figure of £152.50) there shall be charged also the costs of travelling and subsistence incurred on any visit to the ship on which travelling time of over four hours each way is involved in visiting a ship.".

9. In the Schedule, in Part IV, in section D:-

(a)in paragraph 4, there shall be substituted "certificate of proficiency" for "certificate or proficiency";

(b)in paragraph 7, for "£17" there shall be substituted "£18.50";

(c)in paragraph 9 for "Licence for" there shall be substituted "Licence of Service as".

10. In the Schedule Part V:

(a)there shall be substituted the following for paragraph 2(1):

"First registry, registry anew or re-registry of a ship, or the transfer of registry of a ship from one port to another, or the transfer of registry of a ship to or from a port in a relevant overseas territory, where the ship;

(b)in paragraph 2(2) for "£80" there shall be substituted "£85" and for "£140" there shall be substituted "£150".

11. In the Schedule in Part VI, there shall be substituted the following for paragraph 2:

Where more than one service under items 10, 11 or 12 in respect of anyone vessel are to be inspected on the same visit, the fee for the second and subsequent service(s) and the counter fee service shall be reduced by £20 each

12. In the Schedule, Part VIII (Wreck) shall be omitted.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

These Regulations further amend the Merchant Shipping (Fees) Regulations 1991. The amendments-

(a)clarify the cost to be charged in respect of travel overseas (regulation 4);

(b)increase the fees charged by British Telecommunications plc by about 9% (regulations 4 and 7);

(c)update the list of statutory instruments in respect of which fees are charged, under Part I of the Schedule to the principal Regulations (regulation 6);

(d)increase the fees for tonnage measurement by about 8%, and provide for the charging of the costs of overseas visits in connection with pleasure yachts (regulation 8);

(e)make changes to the fees charged under Part IV to the principal Regulations, including increasing the fee for certificates of continued proficiency by about 9% (regulation 9);

(f)increase fees charged for registration and related transactions by up to 8% (regulation 10);

(g)separate the costs of counter service for the registration of fishing vessels from the normal fee, and increase the fees by varying percentages (regulation 11);

(h)omit the fees of receivers of wreck (regulation 12).