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皇冠体育app Merchant Shipping (Vessels in Commercial Use for Sport or Pleasure) Regulations 2025 (鈥渢he new Regulations鈥�) will apply to vessels used commercially for Sport or Pleasure. 皇冠体育app new Regulations will apply to seagoing United Kingdom vessels wherever they may be and to other seagoing vessels operating from United Kingdom ports whilst in United Kingdom waters.

皇冠体育app new Regulations will revoke and replace the Merchant Shipping (Vessels in Commercial Use for Sport or Pleasure) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/2771) (鈥渢he 1998 Regulations鈥�). 皇冠体育app new Regulations will give effect to two Codes of Practice: Part A of the REG Yacht Code for large vessels of 24 metres or more load line length and the new 鈥淪port or Pleasure Vessel Code鈥� for small vessels of less than 24 metres load line length. 皇冠体育app new Regulations will provide a more coherent legal framework for operators of large or small vessels operating commercially for sport or pleasure.

Part A of the REG Yacht Code already has effect. 皇冠体育app REG Yacht Code is not the subject of this consultation; however, the new Regulations will continue to give effect to this Code as well as set out comprehensive requirements for the survey and certification of large vessels.

皇冠体育app new Sport or Pleasure Vessel Code reflects the development of standards since the publication of the previous editions, addresses a number of key Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) recommendations into improving safety standards for vessels in this sector and contains a regulatory framework for vessels using alternative fuel sources and propulsion types that will keep the UK at the forefront of decarbonising the shipping industry.

皇冠体育app new Regulations also make consequential amendments to other instruments to ensure that the requirements for vessels in commercial use for sport or pleasure apply consistently across the maritime regulatory framework.