Statutory guidance

Regulations for fire protection

Draft regulations to implement fire protection.

• From: Maritime and Coastguard Agency
• Published: 22 November 2022

Documents

Notification to Parliament: The Merchant Shipping (Fire Protection) Regulations 2023

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Draft explanatory memorandum: The Merchant Shipping (Fire Protection) Regulations 2023

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Draft statutory instrument: The Merchant Shipping (Fire Protection) Regulations 2023

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Details

This draft instrument makes provision for fire protection on ships and implements the most up to date requirements of Chapter II-2 in the Annex to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 (“the Convention”).

The instrument revokes and replaces the Merchant Shipping (Fire Protection: Large Ships) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/1012) (“the 1998 Regulations”) and the Merchant Shipping (Fire Protection) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2950) (“the 2003 Regulations”) and makes other consequential amendments.

The proposed regulations should be read with the accompanying draft notices available from Draft merchant shipping notices: The Merchant Shipping (Fire Protection) Regulations 2023.

Published 22 November 2022