Regulations, 2008

Suppliment tal-Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta, Nru. 18,180, 29 ta’ Jannar, 2008

L.N. 34 of 2008

MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT

(CAP. 234)

Merchant Shipping (Port State Control) (Amendment)

Regulations, 2008

IN exercise of the powers conferred by articles 154 and 374 of the

Merchant Shipping Act and article 28 of the Malta Maritime Authority

Act, the Minister for Competitiveness and Communications has made

the following regulations>–

The title of these regulations is the Merchant Shipping (Port Citation.

State Control) (Amendment) Regulations, 2008, and shall be read and

construed as one with the Merchant Shipping (Port State Control)

Regulations, 2004, hereinafter referred to as “the principal regulations”. L.N. 12 of 2004.

For sub-regulation (1) of regulation 14 of the principal Amends regulation

14 of the principal

regulations, there shall be substituted the following>–

regulations.

“Professional

(1) Inspections under these regulations shall be carried

profile of

out only by inspectors who fulfil the qualification criteria

inspectors.

specified in Annex VII Minimum Criteria For Inspectors to

Council Directive 95#21#EC.”.

Regulation 20 of the principal regulations shall be amended Amends regulation

20 of the principal

as follows>

regulations.

(a) immediately after sub-regulation (2) thereof there shall

be inserted the following new sub-regulation>

“(3) Where any person fails to comply with the

provisions of sub-regulation (3) of regulation 6 and with those

of regulation 15, such person shall be guilty of an offence in

each case and shall for each offence be liable to a fine (multa)

not exceeding one thousand units.”< and

(b) sub-regulation (3) thereof shall be renumbered as sub-

regulation (4).

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