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These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st November 1996.
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(1) The Merchant Shipping (Fees) Regulations 1995 shall be amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 4(1)(f) the words “to British Telecommunications plc” shall be omitted.
(3) In Schedule 1, Part 1—
(a) in the table in paragraph 1(2)—
(i) in section F in the column `Amended by S.I.', for the entry `Fishing Vessels (Safety Provisions) Rules 1975 there shall be inserted “1996/2419”.
(ii) section H shall be omitted.
(iii) in section K for the title and number—“
Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Oil Pollution) Regulations 1983 1398 1985/20401992/981993/16801994/2085”there shall be substituted the following title and number:“
Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Oil Pollution) Regulations 199  2154”
(iv) in section M in the column “Amended by S.I.”, for the entry in the section there shall be inserted “1996/2418”.
(b) in paragraph 2(2)—
(i) the words “by British Telecommunications plc” shall be omitted;
(ii) in sub-paragraph (a) for “£50” there shall be substituted the words “£23 for fishing vessels and £26 for other ships”;
(iii) in sub-paragraph (b) for the words “£82 for fishing vessels, and £100 for other ships” there shall be substituted “£32”.
(c) in paragraph 4(6)—
(i) the words “by British Telecommunications plc” where they first appear shall be omitted;
(ii) for the words “British Telecommunications plc” where they appear for the second time there shall be substituted the words “the appropriate Certifying Authority (within the meaning of those Rules)”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Goschen
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Transport
10th October 1996We consent to the making of these Regulations
Michael Bates
Roger Knapman
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
14th October 1996