The Merchant Shipping (International Safety Management (ISM) Code) Regulations 1998
These Regulations implement Chapter IX (Management for the Safe Operation of Ships) of the Safety of Life at Sea Convention 1974, added in 1994 by a diplomatic conference, except in relation to ro-ro passenger ferries (already implemented by Council Regulation EC No. 3051/95 on the safety management of ro-ro passenger ferries and enforced by the Merchant Shipping (ISM Code) (Ro-Ro Passenger Ferries) Regulations 1997).