2006 No. 3223

Made4th December 2006

Laid before Parliament7th December 2006

The Secretary of State for Transport makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 19721 (“the 1972 Act”) and by sections 47(1) to (4), 85(1), (3), (6) and (7), 86(1) and (2), 302(1) and 307(1) of the Merchant Shipping Act 19952 (“the 1995 Act”);

He is a Minister designated3 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the 1972 Act in relation to measures relating to the safety of ships and the health and safety of persons on them, to recognition of higher education diplomas, formal qualifications, or experience in an occupation, required for the pursuit of professions or occupations and to navigation on inland waterways;

It appears to him, for the purposes of section 47(2) of the 1995 Act, that it is necessary or expedient in the interests of safety to make the Regulations in so far as they specify standards of competence to be attained and other conditions to be satisfied by officers and other seamen;

In so far as the Regulations are safety regulations4, he has consulted the persons referred to in section 86(4) of the 1995 Act and, in so far as they are made under section 47 of the 1995 Act, he has consulted with the organisations referred to in section 306(4) of that Act;