S T A T U T O R Y I N S T R U M E N T S 2021 No. 592  MERCHANT SHIPPING  SAFETY  The Merchant Shipping (Cargo Ship) (Bilge Alarm) Regulations  2021  Made - - - - 17th May 2021  Laid before Parliament 24th May 2021  Coming into force - - 30th June 2021  The Secretary of State in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 85(1), (3)(a), (d) and (f), (6)  and (7) and 86(1) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995( a ), and having consulted the persons  referred to in section 86(4) of that Act, makes the following Regulations.  1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Cargo Ship) (Bilge Alarm)  Regulations 2021 and come into force on 30th June 2021.  (2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.  2.  In these Regulations—  (a) passenger ship;  (b) warship;  (c) fishing vessel; or  (d) pleasure vessel;  (a) a person employed or engaged in any capacity on the business of the ship;  (b) a person on board the ship either in pursuance of the obligation laid upon the master to  carry shipwrecked, distressed or other persons, or by reason of any circumstance that  neither the master nor the owner nor the charterer (if any) could have prevented or  forestalled; or  (c) a child of under one year of age;  “cargo ship” means a mechanically propelled ship that is not a—  “passenger” means any person carried on a ship except—  Interpretation  Citation. commencement and extent  ( a ) 1995 c. 21. Sections 85 and 86 were amended by the Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997 (c. 28), sections 8  and 29(2) and Schedule 7, Part 1. Section 85 was amended by the British Overseas Territories Act 2002 (c. 8), section 2(3).  There are other amendments to section 85 which are not relevant to these Regulations. 