The Merchant Shipping (Updating of References to Maritime Conventions) Regulations 2004
These regulations implement articles 3, 5, 9 and 11 of Directive 2002/84/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5th November 2002 amending the Directives on maritime safety and the prevention of pollution from ships (“the Directive”). The Regulations provide, as required by the Directive, that references to various international conventions together with the Protocols and amendments to those Conventions and related codes of mandatory status shall be to their up to date versions. In two cases (Regulations 6 and 7), the domestic regulations are amended to refer to the Directive.