Maritime Coastguard Agency
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Notice to all Domestic passenger ship owners, Recognised Organisations, Shipbuilders, Shiprepairers, Ship Masters and Surveyors.
This notice replaces MSN 627(M) Amendment 1 and should be read in conjunction with The Merchant Shipping (Safety Standards for Passenger Ships on Domestic Voyages) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022, MSN 1699(M) Amendment 3 and MSN 1670(M) Amendment 2.
This MGN provides guidance on:
a) changes implemented by the Merchant Shipping (Safety Standards for Passenger Ships on Domestic Voyages) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022 (UK Statutory Instruments 2022 No. 1269) (the amending Regulations) as a result of the older domestic passenger vessels Grandfather Rights review; and
b) amendments to the exemption provision made by the amending Regulations.
The exemptions dealt with in this MGN include:
a) permanent exemptions, which allow alternative arrangements in the circumstances specified;
b) temporary exemptions permitted against some or all of the new requirements introduced by the amending Regulations to facilitate an extension of the two-year phase-in period afforded by the Regulations.
This Amendment 2 gives clarifications in the following paragraphs:
- 2.4 on fire detection requirements
- 2.5 on the application of fixed firefighting requirements.
- 2.6 on the requirements for powered bilge-pumps.
- 2.7 on the requirements for bilge alarms.