The Merchant Shipping (Nuclear Ships) Regulations 2022
These Regulations implement the requirements of Chapter VIII in the Annex to the Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 (“the Convention”), which contains the safety requirements for merchant nuclear powered ships (“nuclear ships”). Chapter VIII is supplemented by the Code of Safety for Nuclear Merchant Ships (“the Nuclear Code”), which was adopted by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in Resolution A.491(XII) on 19th November 1981. Although the Nuclear Code is not part of the Convention, or made mandatory by it, Member States were invited to give effect to it in national legislation. These Regulations give effect to the Nuclear Code.