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The Merchant Shipping (Inspections of Ro-Ro Passenger Ships and High-Speed Passenger Craft) Regulations 2023

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5 Pre-commencement inspections

(1) Paragraph (2) applies to a ship where— (a) it is proposed to use the ship to operate a particular regular service, or (b) there has been a change of company in relation to the ship and the successor proposes to use the ship to continue to operate that service. (2) Subject to paragraph (3) and regulation 6, the Secretary of State must ensure that before the regular service begins or, as the case may be, is continued, an inspection of the ship is carried out which consists of— (a) verification of compliance with the requirements laid down in Part 1 of Schedule 2, and (b) an inspection in accordance with the requirements of Part 2 of Schedule 2, to satisfy the inspector that the ship fulfils the necessary requirements for safe operation of a regular service. (3) A pre-commencement inspection may only be arranged if, the company or the master of the ship, notifies the Secretary of State of the information specified in paragraph (4) in accordance with paragraph (5). (4) The information referred to in paragraph (3) is— (a) the name of the ship, the ship’s call sign, the IMO number or the maritime mobile service identity number of the ship, and (b) the route of the proposed regular service, including the ports at which the service will start and finish. (5) The information must be notified in writing to the Secretary of State at least two months before the day of the proposed commencement of the regular service. (6) The Secretary of State may request that a company provides evidence of compliance with the requirements of Part 1 of Schedule 2 in advance but no earlier than one month before the date of the pre-commencement inspection.

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5 Pre-commencement inspections

(1) Paragraph (2) applies to a ship where— (a) it is proposed to use the ship to operate a particular regular service, or (b) there has been a change of company in relation to the ship and the successor proposes to use the ship to continue to operate that service. (2) Subject to paragraph (3) and regulation 6, the Secretary of State must ensure that before the regular service begins or, as the case may be, is continued, an inspection of the ship is carried out which consists of— (a) verification of compliance with the requirements laid down in Part 1 of Schedule 2, and (b) an inspection in accordance with the requirements of Part 2 of Schedule 2, to satisfy the inspector that the ship fulfils the necessary requirements for safe operation of a regular service. (3) A pre-commencement inspection may only be arranged if, the company or the master of the ship, notifies the Secretary of State of the information specified in paragraph (4) in accordance with paragraph (5). (4) The information referred to in paragraph (3) is— (a) the name of the ship, the ship’s call sign, the IMO number or the maritime mobile service identity number of the ship, and (b) the route of the proposed regular service, including the ports at which the service will start and finish. (5) The information must be notified in writing to the Secretary of State at least two months before the day of the proposed commencement of the regular service. (6) The Secretary of State may request that a company provides evidence of compliance with the requirements of Part 1 of Schedule 2 in advance but no earlier than one month before the date of the pre-commencement inspection.

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