This consultation paper sets out the Isle of Man Government’s proposals to make new Regulations to give effect to SOLAS Chapter II-1 for ships constructed on or after 1 July 1986 up to and including 31 December 2008. The Regulations will replace existing regulations giving effect to SOLAS Chapter II-1 for these ships.

As you may recall, the IOM Ship Registry recently updated SOLAS Chapter II-1 Regulations for ships constructed on or after 1 January 2009, and as a result of that exercise, it became clear it would be helpful to do the same for the earlier SOLAS Chapter II-1 Regulations.

We are also taking the opportunity to review the interpretation of SOLAS Chapter II-1 requirements for ships constructed on or after 1 July 1986 up to and including 31 December 2008, and this is contained in Section 2 of this document.

Consultation on proposals to implement the latest SOLAS Chapter II-1 requirements for Construction - structure, subdivision and stability, machinery and electrical installations and bring the Isle of Man's SOLAS Chapter II-1 requirements up to date. The consultation has 2 sections: section 1 contains an overview of the draft regulations; section 2 contains interpretation of SOLAS Chapter II-1 requirements.

Consultation on proposals to implement the latest SOLAS Chapter II-2 requirements for fire protection, detection and extinction on board ships. It is proposed to have two sets of new regulations which revoke and replace existing regulations which give effect to SOLAS Chapter II-2 and bring the Isle of Man's SOLAS Chapter II-2 requirements up to date. The consultation has 3 sections: section 1 contains an overview of the draft regulations; section 2 contains interpretation of SOLAS Chapter II-2 requirements and section 3 is a separate document which is an MSN on the maintenance and inspection of fire protection systems and appliances and should be read in conjunction with this document.

Introduction of preferred creditor status for those eligible deposits covered by the Depositors Compensation Scheme into Isle of Man legislation.

Consultation on draft regulations to add the Republic of Korea (known as South Korea)as a relevant country for the purposes of the Merchant Shipping Registration Act 1991.