S.L. 234.37 Art. 1Citation and scope.

(1) The title of these regulations is the Merchant Shipping

(Ship Inspection and Survey Organisations) Regulations.

(2) These regulations prescribe the criteria in accordance with which organisations or bodies of surveyors may be authorised for the purposes of article 367(1) of the Act and implement the provisions of Directive 2009/15/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 in its up-to-date version, hereinafter referred to in these regulations as Directive 2009/15/ EC; furthermore these regulations adopt the measures contained in Commission Implementing Directive 2014/111/EU of 17 December 2014 amending Directive 2009/15/EC with regard to the adoption by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) of certain Codes and related amendments to certain conventions and protocols.