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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 and come into force on 11th November 2025.
(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
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(1) The Merchant Shipping (Fees) Regulations 2018 are amended as follows.
(2) For regulation 1(2) (citation, commencement and expiry) of the Merchant Shipping (Fees) Regulations 2018, substitute—“
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), these Regulations cease to have effect at the end of the period of ten years beginning with the day on which they come into force.
(3) These Regulations, so far as they relate to the entry for the Merchant Shipping (Minimum Standards of Safety Communications) Regulations 1997 in Schedule 1, in Part 1, in the table in paragraph 5, in section A, fourth row, cease to have effect at the end of the period of seven years beginning with the day on which these Regulations come into force.”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Keir Mather
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
16th October 2025Department for Transport
We consent to the making of these Regulations
Taiwo Owatemi
Christian Wakeford
Two of the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury
13th October 2025