These Regulations revoke the Merchant Shipping (Entry into Dangerous Spaces) Regulations 1988 (S.I. 1988/1638); re-enact certain provisions of those Regulations; give effect to the new regulation 7 of Chapter XI-1 of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea 1974 (“SOLAS”); and extend the requirements of that regulation and regulation 19 of Chapter III of SOLAS to ships other than SOLAS ships.
The Regulations require shipowners, masters, employers of seafarers and other persons to comply with obligations designed to avoid deaths or injuries in enclosed spaces.
The regulation comes into force on 14th May 2022. The Merchant Shipping (Entry into Dangerous Spaces) Regulations 1988 continue to apply until 11.59 p.m. on 13th May 2023 in relation to ships other than SOLAS ships to which those Regulations apply.
Source: HMSO.