2004 No. 1266
MERCHANT SHIPPINGSAFETY
The Merchant Shipping (Updating of References to Maritime Conventions) Regulations 2004
Made 4th May 2004
Laid before Parliament 6th May 2004
Coming into force 28th May 2004

The Secretary of State, after consulting the persons referred to in section 86(4) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 85, 86 and 267 of that Act, and being a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to measures relating to the safety of ships and the health and safety of persons on them and maritime transport, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the said section 2(2), hereby makes the following Regulations:
1995 c. 21; sections 85 and 86 were amended by the Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997 (c. 28), section 8, and are applied to hovercraft by the Hovercraft (Application of Enactments) Order 1989 (S.I.1989/1350).
S.I.1993/595 and 1994/757.
1972 c. 68; by virtue of the amendment of section 1(2) of the European Communities Act by section 1 of the European Economic Act 1993 (c. 51) regulations may be made under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act to implement obligations of the United Kingdom created or arising by or under the Agreement on the European Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992 (Cmnd. 2073) as adjusted by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993 (Cmnd. 2183).