Skip to document content Go to main menu Go to search

The Merchant Shipping (Ship Identification Number) Regulations

Legal Notice 154 of 2015

This is the latest version of this Legal Notice.
The Merchant Shipping (Ship Identification Number) Regulations
Citation
Legal Notice 154 of 2015
Primary work
Merchant Shipping Act
Date
31 December 2022
Language
English
Type
Legal Notice
Original enactment
Download original enactment (PDF) (88.0 KB)
Related documents
Skip to document content
LAWS OF KENYA

MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT

THE MERCHANT SHIPPING (SHIP IDENTIFICATION NUMBER) REGULATIONS

LEGAL NOTICE 154 OF 2015

  • Published in Kenya Gazette Vol. CXVII—No. 80 on 31 July 2015
  • Commenced on 31 July 2015
  1. [Revised by 24th Annual Supplement (Legal Notice 221 of 2023) on 31 December 2022]

1. Short title

These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Ship Identification Number) Regulations.

2. Interpretation

In these Regulations, unless the context requires otherwise—"Kenyan ship" includes an unregistered ship having Kenyan nationality."Safety Convention" means the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974.

3. Purpose of Regulations

The purpose of these regulations is to give effect to Regulation XI-1/3 (Ship Identification Number) of the Safety Convention.

4. Application

(1)These regulations shall apply to —
(a)every foreign-going passenger ship of 100 or more gross tonnage; and
(b)every foreign-going ship, other than a passenger ship, of 300 or more gross tonnage;
(c)all Kenyan ships; and
(d)all foreign ships when in Kenya or in its territorial waters.
(2)Notwithstanding subregulation (1), these regulations shall not apply to-
(a)vessels used solely for sport or recreation;
(b)fishing, sealing or whaling boats;
(c)ships not propelled by mechanical means;
(d)wooden ships of traditional build.

5. Ship identification number

(1)The owner of a ship shall ensure that the ship is permanently marked with the appropriate ship identification number or equivalent in accordance with regulation XI-1/3 of the Safety Convention.
(2)For the purposes of this regulation an equivalent method of marking the ship identification number is a method of marking that —
(a)ensures that the ship identification number cannot be expunged easily; and
(b)is approved
(i)in the case of a Kenyan ship, by the Authority; or
(ii)in the case of a foreign ship, by or on behalf of the ship's flag state.

6. Offences

The provisions of section 266 of the Act shall apply with necessary modifications to an offence committed under these regulations.
▲ To the top

History of this document

31 December 2022 this version
31 July 2015
Commenced