The Merchant Shipping (Boatmasters' Qualifications, Crew and Hours of Work) Regulations 2015
These Regulations re-enact the Merchant Shipping (Inland Waterway and Limited Coastal Operations)(Boatmasters' Qualifications and Hours of Work) Regulations 2006 (“the 2006 Regulations”) and the Merchant Shipping (Local Passenger Vessels) (Crew) Regulations 2006 (“the Crew Regulations”) which concern—the qualifications required by masters of vessels, including non-United Kingdom ships, of Classes IV, V, VI, VI(A), IX(A) and IX(A)(T) engaged on voyages in waters of category A, B, C and D and on some limited coastal voyages;the qualifications required by members of the crew of local passenger vessels (that is, broadly, UK ships which carry more than 12 passengers and operate only in the above waters); andthe regulation of the hours of work of self-employed masters of UK passenger vessels of Classes IV, V, VI and VI(A) and hovercraft operating in the same waters.