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KNA-2008-L-96179
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Title_of_text
Merchant Shipping (Port State Control) Regulations, 2008 (L.N. No. 34 of 2008).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Subjects (Classification)
Dock workers
Adopted on (Date of text)
2008-10-29
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
These Regulations, made under the Merchant Shipping Act, 2002, set out procedures for port state control of foreign ships in ports of Saint Christopher and Nevis or at offshore installations for purposes of various listed Conventions including MARPOL. The Department of Maritime Affairs is designated as the competent authority for purposes of port inspections. The Regulations set out the procedures of such inspections, specify criteria for the detention of a vessel and provide for arbitration in case a master of a vessel disagrees with a decision of an inspector. The Regulations shall not apply to fishing vessels.
Basic Text region
Basic text(s)
2002-12-31 (KNA-2002-L-88064)
Merchant Shipping Act, 2002 (No. 24 of 2002).
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line
Author
FAOLEX, Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations
URL
http://faolex.fao.org/
File
VCT96179.pdf (PDF of Act)