04/06/2026
SI 2026/563. Merchant Shipping (Port State Control). Comes into force 23rd June. These Regulations revoke and replace the Merchant Shipping (Port State Control) Regulations 2011 (SI 2011/2601) which apply to ships that are flagged with foreign States and which call at a port or anchorage in the United Kingdom. Port State Control is an international regime for the enforcement of standards for ship safety, pollution prevention and shipboard living and working conditions.