CONSULTATION ON MARINE GUIDANCE NOTE xxx NAVIGATION: VESSEL TRAFFIC SERVICES (VTS) - TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION OF VTS PERSONNEL
Consultation Letter
5th October 2010
Dear Consultee,
1) This consultation letter seeks views on the Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s (MCA) amendments to Marine Guidance Note 318 Navigation: Vessel Traffic Services (VTS) – Training and Certification of VTS Personnel.
Summary of the Provisions
2) MGN 318 sets out the standards of VTS training and certification recognised by the United Kingdom Competent Authority that are closely aligned with IALA standards. It also provides information on the procedures for the training and certification of VTS personnel in the UK.
3) The purpose of the amendments is to bring the MGN in line with the current international/national regulations and guidelines.
Consultation Package
4) Enclosed with this letter is a consultation package for the amendments containing the following documents:
Annex C: Code of Practice on Consultation
Annex D: Consultation Feedback Form
5) Comments on these and any other comments you wish to make should be provided in writing by post, fax or email to:-
Coastal Safety Technical Support Team
Maritime & Coastguard Agency
Bay 2/01 Spring Place
105 Commercial Road
Southampton
SO15 1EG
Tel: 023 8032 9443
Fax: 023 8032 9204
Email: csst@mcga.gov.uk
to arrive no later than Wednesday 29th December 2010.
6) Electronic versions of the consultation documents can be found on the MCA Website using the following address;
http://www.mcga.gov.uk/c4mca/mcga07-home/shipsandcargoes/consultations.htm
This will open the "Current Consultations" page on which is listed the consultation titled "Vessel Traffic Services - Training and Certification of VTS Personnel”.
7) In the light of any comments received, the MGN will be reviewed with the aim of publishing by the end of January 2011.
8) Information provided in response to this consultation, including personal information, may be published or disclosed in accordance with the access to information regimes. These are primarily the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA), the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA) and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004.
9) If you want the information that you provide to be treated as confidential please be aware that, under the FOIA, there is a statutory Code of Practice with which public authorities must comply and which deals, amongst other things, with obligations of confidence. In view of this it would be helpful if you could explain to us why you regard the information you have provided as confidential. If we receive a request for disclosure of the information we will take full account of your explanation, but we cannot give an assurance that confidentiality can be maintained in all circumstances. An automatic confidentiality disclaimed generated by your IT system will not, of itself, be regarded as binding on the MCA.
10) The MCA will process your personal data in accordance with the Data Protection Act and in the majority of circumstances this will mean that your personal data will not be disclosed to third parties.
11) If your address details require any amendment, or you consider there are other persons who should be consulted, or if you do not wish to be consulted on VTS matters, please could you advise accordingly.
12) This consultation has been conducted in accordance with the seven Criteria from the Government Code of Practice on Consultation.
13) If you have any comments regarding the conduct of this consultation please contact the Consultation Co-ordinator at consultation.coordinator@mcga.gov.uk. We are continually trying to improve the way in which we conduct consultations and appreciate your views, so we would also be grateful if you could complete and return the attached feedback form. These should be submitted to the Consultation Co-ordinator and are not affected by the deadline for this consultation.
Yours faithfully,
Paul Townsend
Navigation Manager
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