Merchant Shipping (Special Limits Passenger Ships) Safety (Amendment) Regulations 2001

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 27 Aug 2001

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No. S 402

Merchant Shipping Act

(Chapter 179)

Merchant Shipping (Special Limits Passenger Ships) Safety (Amendment) Regulations 2001

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 100 of the Merchant Shipping Act, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore, with the approval of the Minister for Communications and Information Technology, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Special Limits Passenger Ships) Safety (Amendment) Regulations 2001 and shall come into operation on 1st September 2001.

Amendment of regulation 3

2. Regulation 3 of the Merchant Shipping (Special Limits Passenger Ships) Safety Regulations (Rg 8) is amended by deleting paragraph (2) and substituting the following paragraphs:

“(2) These Regulations shall not apply to

(a)	any Government vessel which is not used for commercial services; and
(b)	any ship referred to in paragraph (1) which is not engaged in trade.

(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2)(b), a ship is not engaged in trade if —

(a)	it is used exclusively for pleasure purposes other than for the carriage of passengers on sightseeing tours; and
(b)	the use of which a passenger, if any, is not charged a separate and distinct fare.”.

[G.N. Nos. S 59/96; S229/97]

Made this 21st day of August 2001.

PETER HO HAK EAN

Chairman,
Maritime and Port Authority
of Singapore.

[MPA 46/02.C10/TME; AG/LEG/SL/170A/1998/2 Vol. 4]