These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Fees) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on 3rd December 2001.
2Amendment of the Merchant Shipping (Fees) Regulations 1996#
The Schedule to the Merchant Shipping (Fees) Regulations 1996 shall be amended as follows.
3Amendment of the Merchant Shipping (Fees) Regulations 1996#
In Part I—
(a)in paragraph 2(1), for “£72” there shall be substituted “£74”.
(b)in paragraph 3, after sub-paragraph (g) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph:“gg any survey or inspection which results in the issue of a prevention of operation notice in accordance with regulation 9 of the Merchant Shipping (Mandatory Surveys for Ro-Ro Ferry and High Speed Passenger Craft) Regulations 2001 and, without prejudice to sub-paragraph (c) above, any subsequent survey or inspection relating to the deficiencies which led to the issue of the prevention of operation notice;”
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In Part II—
(a)for “£14” there shall be substituted “£20”;
(b)at the end there shall be added the following sentences:“This fee shall, on the first application for an examination for a certificate of competency, be taken as included in the fees payable in accordance with sections A1 and B1 of Part III below. The sum of £20 shall be deducted from the fee payable in accordance with sections A1 and B1 for any subsequent application for an examination for a certificate of competency.”
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For the heading to Part III there shall be substituted the following:“”
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In Part III, Section A—
(a)in paragraph 1(a) and (d), for “£109” there shall in each case be substituted “£160”;
(b)in paragraph 1(c), for “£109” there shall be substituted “£145”;
(c)in paragraph 1(b) and (e), for “£90” there shall in each case be substituted “£145”;
(d)paragraph 2 shall be omitted;
(e)in paragraph 3—
(i)the words “or 2” shall be omitted;
(ii)in sub-paragraph (a), for “£12.50” there shall be substituted “£15”;
(iii)in sub-paragraph (b), for “£25” there shall be substituted “£40”;
(f)in paragraph 4, the words “or 2” shall be omitted.
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In Part III, Section B—
(a)for paragraph 1, there shall be substituted the following:“1 For examination for a certificate of competency on each occasion on which a candidate presents himself for the practical oral part of the examination as:—a Masterb Chief Matec Officer of the Watch (Deck department)d Chief Engineere Second Engineerf Officer of the Watch (Engine department)Subject to paragraph 2 below, the fee payable under this paragraph shall be refunded if a certificate is not finally issued;”
(b)for paragraphs 2 and 3, there shall be substituted the following:“2 For consideration of an application for an examination under paragraph 1 above, where the applicant cancels his application—a if cancellation takes place before a notice of eligibility has been issuedb if cancellation takes place after a notice of eligibility has been issued3 For consideration of an application for an examination under paragraph 1 above, where such consideration involves overseas postage for the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, (as above)”
(c)paragraphs 4, 5, 6 and 7 shall be omitted.
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In Part III, for Section C, there shall be substituted the following:“”
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In Part III, Section D—
(a)paragraph 1 shall be omitted;
(b)in paragraphs 2 and 4, for “£19” there shall in each case be substituted “£25”;
(c)in paragraphs 3 and 5, for “£10.25” there shall in each case be substituted “£15”;
(d)in paragraph 6, for “£77” there shall be substituted “£115”;
(e)in paragraph 8—
(i)for “£110”, wherever it occurs, there shall be substituted “£150”;
(ii)for “£27” there shall be substituted “£30”;
(f)in paragraph 12, for “£48.75” there shall be substituted “£60”.
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In Part III, Section E—
(a)in paragraphs 1 and 3, for “£19” there shall in each case be substituted “£25”;
(b)in paragraphs 2 and 4, for “£10.25” there shall in each case be substituted “£15”.
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In Part IV, for everything after the first paragraph there shall be substituted the following:“1 For an oral examination for competency, on each occasion on which a candidate presents himself2 For an oral examination to assess a candidate’s standard of English language, on each occasion on which the candidate presents himself3 For an oral examination to assess a candidate’s standard of knowledge of United Kingdom legal and administrative processes, on each occasion on which the candidate presents himself1 For addition, removal or amendment to an endorsement or tanker endorsement2 For the grant of a certificate of continued proficiency and updating of knowledge in respect of a certificate of equivalent competency”
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In Part V—
(a)in paragraphs 1 and 2, for “£49” and “£35” there shall in each case be substituted “£74”;
(b)after paragraph 2, there shall be inserted the following paragraph—“2A Combined Practical/Oral examination for Boatmaster’s Licence—taken at same time”
(c)in paragraphs 3 and 6, for “£18” there shall in each case be substituted “£15”;
(d)in paragraphs 4, 5 and 7, for “£17” or “£28”, as the case may be, there shall in each case be substituted “£30”.
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In Part VI—
(a)in paragraph 1, for “£540” there shall be substituted “£592”;
(b)for paragraphs 2 and 3, there shall be substituted:“2 Application for a Safe Manning Certificate for other Vessels3 Application for technical amendment, e.g. involving manning charges, or other amendment e.g. change of name of vessel or owner”
(c)in paragraph 4, for “£60” there shall be substituted “£74”.
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In Part VII, paragraph 1, for entries (2) and (3), there shall be substituted the following:“2 Registration of transfer of ownership of a registered shipa one transferb where more than one transfer in relation to a ship is lodged at the same time• two transfers• three transfers• four transfers or more”
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In Part VIII—
(a)For paragraphs 2 and 3 there shall be substituted the following:“2 Registration of transfer of ownership of a registered vessel:a with full registrationb with simple registrationc where more than one transfer in relation to the ship is lodged on the same occasion—• two transfersi with full registrationii with simple registration• three transfersi with full registrationii with simple registration• four transfersi with full registrationii with simple regsitrationi with full registrationii with simple registration”
(b)In paragraph 15, for “£65” there shall be substituted “£50”.
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In Part X—
(a)for “£16.50” and “£35”, wherever they occur, there shall in each case be substituted “£35” and “£55” respectively.
(b)for paragraph 1(2)(b) there shall be substituted the following:“b to a seaman who was the holder of a discharge book which has been lost, destroyed or defaced by water or fire at sea”
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In Part XII, in the Table—
(a)for the entries listed in the third column headed “Other surveys, inspections and tests, per hour or part thereof” relating to paragraphs 1 and 2, there shall be substituted the following entries:“• No fee• £74.00• £148.00• £74.00”
(b)the entries listed in the third column relating to paragraph 3 shall be deleted.
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In Part XIII, for everything after “1997”, there shall be substituted the following:“The fees for the Secretary of State’s approval of a waste management plan prepared by a harbour authority or terminal operator in respect of a harbour or terminal pursuant to regulation 10(2) of the Regulations, or for the preparation of a waste management plan in respect of a harbour or terminal by the Secretary of State pursuant to regulation 11 of the Regulations, shall be charged at the hourly rate of £74”
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