Consultation on The Merchant Shipping (Cargo and passenger ship construction and miscellaneous amendments) Regulations 2022

This consultation seeks your views on the matters it is proposed will be introduced by a new Statutory Instrument, the Merchant Shipping (Cargo and Passenger Ship Construction and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022 (“the proposed Regulations”).

The proposed Regulations will amend the Merchant Shipping (Cargo Ship Construction) Regulations 1997 (SI 1997/1509) and the Merchant Shipping (Passenger Ship Construction: Ships of Classes I, II and II(A)) Regulations 1998 (SI 1998/2514) so as to implement the up to date requirements of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 (“SOLAS”) relating to ship construction, contained in Chapter II-1 of the Annex to SOLAS (Structure, subdivision and stability, machinery and electrical installations) (“Chapter II-1”).