Open consultation

Consultation on Merchant Shipping Port State Control Regulations

From:
Maritime and Coastguard Agency
Published
4 July 2025

Summary

Consultation on updates to Convention list and revised approach to Port State Control Regulations following the UK’s exit from the EU

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Consultation description

This is a Consultation on proposed new Merchant Shipping (Port State Control) Regulations to revise the existing 2011 Regulations by updating the list of International Conventions in the Regulations. The proposed Regulations will also remove references to EU legislation and introduce wording directly from the Paris MoU to ensure there is no impact on the Port State Control (PSC) regime in the UK.

Documents

Consultation document - Draft Merchant Shipping (Port State Control) Regulations 2025

PDF, 351 KB, 15 pages

Draft Merchant Shipping (Port State Control) Regulations

PDF, 417 KB, 29 pages

MSN 1832 (M) Amendment 2 The Merchant Shipping (Port State Control) Regulations 2025

HTML

De-Minimis Options Assessment

MS Word Document, 171 KB

Consultation Feedback Form

ODT, 14 KB

This file is in an OpenDocument format

Consultation Response Form

ODT, 12.5 KB

This file is in an OpenDocument format

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Published 4 July 2025

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