Statutory Documents - MCA Publications - PYC - A Code of Practice for Yachts Carrying 13 to 36 Passengers (The Passenger Yacht Code) - Chapter 1 - General - 1.2 Application:
1.2 Application:
(1) This Code applies only to Red Ensign Group pleasure yachts engaged on international voyages whilst carrying more than 12 but not more than 36 passengers with a maximum number of persons not more than 120 and which do not carry cargo.
(2) This Code applies to ships, designed constructed surveyed and certified in accordance with the requirements of this Code. Existing vessels may apply for certification in accordance with the Code; however the Code will apply to such vessels in the same way as it applies to new vessels.
(3) Subject to subsection (4), all ships which undergo repairs, alterations, modifications and outfitting related thereto shall continue to comply with at least the requirements previously applicable to these ships.
(4) Any ship, whenever built, which is converted to a passenger yacht, or undergoes repairs, alterations and modifications which substantially alter the dimensions of the ship or the passenger accommodation spaces, or substantially increase the ship’s service life, shall be treated as a passenger yacht constructed on the date on which such conversion, repairs, alterations or modifications commenced.
(5) The table in Annex 3 sets out the general relationships between the type of pleasure yacht, its area of operation and the applicable standards with respect to Life Saving Appliances (LSA) and stability.
(6) Although the Code applies to yachts carrying up to 120 persons, where more than 99 persons are carried, the yacht must:
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(a) be fitted with approved lifeboats, davits and launching arrangements in accordance with SOLAS 74 (as amended);
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(b) carry a qualified doctor; and
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(c) not exceed 36 passengers carried.
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