Statutory guidance

Regulations for high speed craft

Draft regulations to implement international safety requirements for high speed craft.

• From: Maritime and Coastguard Agency and Department for Transport
• Published: 26 April 2022

Documents

Draft explanatory memorandum: The Merchant Shipping (High Speed Craft) Regulations 2022

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Draft statutory instrument: The Merchant Shipping (High Speed Craft) Regulations 2022

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Notification to Parliament: The Merchant Shipping (High Speed Craft) Regulations 2022

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Details

Purpose of the instrument

These Regulations implement the latest version of Chapter X of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 (“the Convention”), relating to the safety of high speed craft, including amendments to Chapter X made since 1 January 2014.

Chapter X includes the High Speed Craft Code, 1994 and the High Speed Craft Code, 2000 (“the HSC Codes”).

These Regulations revoke and replace the Merchant Shipping (High Speed Craft) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/302) (“the 2004 Regulations”), and prescribe technical requirements governing the safety of high speed craft; subject to specified exceptions, they apply to all United Kingdom high speed craft and non-United Kingdom high speed craft in United Kingdom waters.

These Regulations also make amendments to the Merchant Shipping (Fees) Regulations 2018 to enable fees to be charged in connection with certain matters under these Regulations and the Merchant Shipping (High Speed Offshore Service Craft) Regulations 2022.

Published 26 April 2022