Merchant Shipping Act 1995

Type Public General Act
Publication 1995-07-19
Last updated 2026-03-31
State In force
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articles 187
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1(1), (2) 1993 Sch.3 para.1(1),(2); Sch.4 para.1(1).
(3) Drafting.
2(1) to (3) 1993 Sch.3 para.2.
(4) 1894 s.738(2)
3 1993 Sch.3 para.5.
4 1993 Sch.3 para.3.
5 1993 Sch.3 para.4.
6 1993 Sch.3 para.6.
7(1),(2) 1894 s.76(1); 1988 Sch.1. para.47; 1993 Sch.4 para.2(4)
(3),(4) 1894 s.76(2); 1988 Sch.1 para.47.
(5) 1894 s.76(1).
8 1993 s.1(1) to (5).
9 1993 s.2.
10 1993 s.3(1) to (7), (9).
11 1894 s.82; 1993 Sch.2 para.2(a).
12(1),(2) 1894 s.84(1); 1988 Sch.1 para.48.
(3) Merchant Shipping Act 1965 (c. 47) Schedule 1.
(4),(5) 1894 s.84(2),(3).
13 1993 Sch.3 para.7.
14 1993 s.4.
15 1993 s.5.
16 1993 s.6.
17 1993 s.7.
18 1988 s.11; 1993 Sch.2 para.15(2).
19 1965 s.1 (1) to (4), (6),(6A); 1970 s.91; 1979 Sch.6 Pt.VI para.6.
20 1894 s.76.
21 1988 s.52; 1993 Sch.2 para.15(4).
22 1894 s.66; 1993 Sch.4 para.71.
23 1993 s.9(2), (3).
24(1),(2) 1970 s.96(1); 1988 Sch.5.
(3) 1970 s.95(1).
25 1970 s.1; 1979 Sch.6 Pt.III.
26 1970 s.2; 1979 Sch.6 Pt.VI para.8.
27 1970 s.3; 1979 Sch.6 Pt.VI para.8.
28 1970 s.4.
29 1970 s.5.
30(1) 1970 s.7(1); 1988 s.46(2).
(2) 1970 s.7(2); 1988 s.46(3).
(3) 1970 s.7(3); 1988 s.46(4).
(4) to (6) 1970 s.7(3A) to (3C); 1988 s.46(5).
(7) 1970 s.7(4); 1988 s.46(6).
(8),(9) 1970 s.7(5),(6); 1988 s.46(7).
(10) 1970 s.7(7); 1988 s.46(8).
31 (1) to (3) 1970 s.8(1) to (3); 1988 s.46(9).
(4) 1970 s.8(3A); 1988 s.46(9)
(5),(6) 1970 s.8(4),(5); 1979 Sch.6 Pt.I.
32 1970 s.9.
33 1970 s.10.
34(1) 1970 s.11(1); 1993 Sch.4 para.9.
(2),(3) 1970 s.11(2),(3).
(4) 1979 s.39(3).
(5) Child Support Act 1991 (Consequential Amendments) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/785) art.5; Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (Consequential Amendments) Order (Northern Ireland) 1993 (S.R. (NI) 1993 No.157) art.5.
(6) 1979 s.39(2).
35 1970 s.12.
36 1970 s.13.
37 1970 s.14.
38(1) to (3) 1970 s.15(1) to (3).
(4) 1979 s.37(1).
39 1970 s.16.
40(1) to (9) 1970 s.17(1) to (9).
(10),(11) 1970 s.17(10),(11); Transfer of Functions (Local Government etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1973 (1973 SR&O (NI) 1973/256) Sch.1; Sch. 2 Social Security Act 1989 (c. 24) s.5(5); 1993 Sch.4 para.10; S.I.
41 1970 s.18.
42(1),(2) 1894 s.458(1); 1993 Sch.4 paras.6(1), 7.
(3) 1894 s.458(2)(a).
43 1970 s.20; 1979 Sch.6 Pt.IV.
44(1) 1970 s.22(1); S.I. 1989/102 reg.1(3)(b).
(2),(3) 1970 s.22(2),(3).
(4) 1970 s.22(4); 1979 Sch.6 Pts.II, III.
45 1970 ss.26, 97(5).
46 1970 s.49.
47 1970 s.43; 1979 Sch.6 Pt.IV.
48 1970 s.44.
49(1) 1970 s.45; 1979 Sch.6 Pt.IV; 1982 CJ s.49(1).
(2) 1970 s.96(2); 1988 Sch.5.
50 1970 s.47; 1979 Sch.6 Pt.II.
51 1970 s.48; 1979 Sch.6 Pt.IV.
52 1970 s.46; 1979 s.43(2) Sch.6 Pt.V; 1982 CJ s.49(1).
53 1970 s.25.
54 1970 s.50; 1979 Sch.6 Pt.IV.
55 1970 s.51; 1979 Sch.6 Pt.II.
56 1988 s.26.
57 Mercantile Marine Uniform Act 1919 (c. 62) s.1.
58(1) to (5) 1970 s.27(1) to (5); 1988 s.32.
(6) 1970 ss.27(6), 33.
(7),(8) 1970 s.27(7),(8); 1988 s.32.
59 1970 s.30(c); 1974 s.19(4); 1979 Sch.6 Pt.VII para.21; 1982 CJ s.49(1).
60(1) 1979 s.23(1).
(2) 1979 s.23(1)(a).
(3) 1979 s.23(1)(b).
(4) 1979 s.23(1)(c).
(5) 1979 s.23(1)(d).
(6) 1979 s.23(1)(e).
(7) 1979 s.23(1)(f).
(8) 1979 s.23(1) full out.
(9),(10) 1979 s.23(3).
61 1970 s.52.
62 1970 s.53.
63 1970 s.54.
64 1970 s.57.
65 1970 s.58; 1988 Sch.6.
66 1970 s.59; 1979 Sch.6 Pt.II.
67 1970 s.60.
68 1988 s.44.
69 1988 s.45.
70 1970 s.39.
71 1970 s.40.
72 1970 s.41.
73(1) to (3) 1970 s.62(1) to (3).
(4) 1970 s.62(4); British Nationality Act 1981 (c. 61) s.51(3).
(5) 1970 s.62(5).
(6) 1970 s.62(6); 1979 Sch.6, Pt.VI para.8.
(7) 1970 s.62(7).
(8) 1970 s.67.
74 1970 s.63.
75 1970 s.64.
76 1988 s.27.
77 1970 s.68; 1979 Sch.6 Pt.III, Pt.IV para.4; 1982 CJ s.46(2).
78 1970 s.69; 1979 Sch.6 Pt.VI para.4; 1982 CJ s.46(2).
79(1) 1970 s.70(1).
(2) 1970 s.70(2); 1979 Sch.6 Pt.VI para.4; 1982 s.46(2).
(3) 1970 s.70(3); British Nationality Act 1981 (c. 61) Sch.7.
(4) 1970 s.70(4); 1979 Sch.6 Pt.III.
80(1) 1970 s.71(1).
(2) 1979 s.23(5).
(3) 1970 s.71(2); 1979 Sch.6 Pt.VI para.4; 1982 CJ s.46(2).
(4) 1979 s.23(6); 1982 CJ s.49(1).
81 1970 s.74; 1979 Sch.6 Pt.II.
82 1988 ss.28, 53(2)(a).
83 1988 s.29.
84 1970 s.97(1) to (4), (6).
85(1) 1979 s.21(1); Safety at Sea Act 1986 (c. 23) s.11(1), (4); 1993 Sch.4 para.6(4).
(2) 1979 s.21(2); British Nationality Act 1981 (c. 61) s.51(3).
(3) 1979 s.21(3); Safety at Sea Act 1986 (c. 23) s.11(2), (4).
(4) 1979 s.21(3A); 1993 Sch.4 para.13(3).
(5),(6) 1979 s.21(4),(5).
(7) 1979 s.21(6); 1982 CJ s.49(3).
86(1) 1979 s.22(1); 1993 Sch.4 para.13.
(2) 1979 s.22(3).
(3) 1979 s.22(4)
(4) 1979 s.22(2).
(5),(6) 1979 s.49(4A),(4B); Safety at Sea Act 1986 (c. 23) s.11(3); 1988 Sch.5.
87(1),(2) 1894 s.449(1); 1993 Sch.4 para.11(2)(a).
(3),(4) 1894 s.449(2); 1993 Sch.4 para.11(2)(b).
(5) 1894 s.449(3); 1993 Sch.4 para.11(2)(c).
88(1) 1974 s.16(1); 1993 Sch.4. para.6(3)
(2) 1974 s.17(1); 1993 Sch.4 para.6(3).
(3) 1974 s.17(3).
(4) 1974 s.16(2).
89 Drafting.
90 1970 s.86.
91(1) Merchant Shipping (Safety and Load Line Conventions) Act 1932 (c. 9) s.24(1).
(2) 1932 (c. 9) s.24(1); Merchant Shipping Act 1964 (c. 47) s.16.
(3) 1932 (c. 9) s.24(2).
(4) 1932 (c. 9) s.24(3); 1979 Sch.6 Pt.III.
(5),(6) 1932 (c. 9) s.24(4); Post Office Act 1969 (c. 48) s.3(1)(i).
(7) 1932 (c. 9) s.24(4),(5).
92(1) 1894 s.422(1).
(2) 1993 Sch.4 para.6(2).
(3) 1911 MC s.4(2).
(4) 1894 s.422(3); 1979 Sch.6 Pt.VII para.6.
93(1),(2) Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act 1949 (c. 43) s.22(1),(2).
(3) 1993 Sch.4 para.6(2).
(4),(5) 1949 (c. 43) s.22(3),(4).
(6) 1949 (c. 43) ss.22(5), 37(3) incorporating 1894 s.680(1)(a).
(7) 1949 (c. 43) s.22(8).
94(1),(2) 1988 ss.30(1),(3), 30A(5).
(3) 1988 s.30(9).
95 1988 s.30A; 1993 Sch.4 para.12(2).
96(1) 1984 s.4(1); 1993 Sch.4 para.12(3),(4).
(2) 1984 s.4(2); 1993 Sch.4 para.12(4)(c).
(3) 1993 Sch.4 para.12(4)(d).
(4) 1984 s.4(3).
(5) 1993 Sch.4 para.12(4)(e).
(6),(7) 1984 s.4(5); Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41) Sch.10 para.55.
(8),(9) 1984 s.4(6),(7)
(10) 1993 Sch.4 para.12(4)(a).
97(1) 1984 s.5(1); 1993 Sch.4 para.12(3),(4).
(2) 1984 s.5(4).
(3) 1984 s.5(5).
(4) 1993 Sch.4 para.12(4)(a).
98 1988 s.30(1),(2),(4) to (10).
99 Merchant Shipping Act 1921 (c. 28) ss.2, 3.
100 1988 s.31.
101(1) 1894 s.287(1); 1995 SC reg.1(5).
(2) 1894 s.287(2); 1993 Sch.4 para.14.
(3) 1894 s.287(3); 1993 Sch.4 para.14.
(4) 1894 s.287(1),(2); 1979 Sch.6 Pt.I.
(5) 1894 s.287(4).
(6) 1995 SC reg.1(5).
102 1894 s.288; 1993 Sch.4 para.2(1)(g); 1995 SC reg.1(6).
103 1970 s.77; 1979 Sch.6 Pt VI para.9.
104 1970 s.78; Aviation and Maritime Security Act 1990 (c. 31) Sch.3.
105 1970 s.79.
106(1) 1970 s.32.
(2) 1970 s.96(2); 1988 Sch.5.
(3) 1970 s.95(1)(a).
107 1906 s.76; 1979 Sch.6 Pt.VI para.13; 1993 Sch.4 para.15.
108(1) 1970 s.72(1).
(2),(4) 1970 s.72(1)(a).
(3),(4) 1970 s.72(1)(b); British Nationality Act 1981 (c. 61) s.51(3).
(5),(6) 1979 s.30(1).
(7) 1970 s.72(2); 1979 s.30(1).
(8) 1970 s.72(3).
(9) 1970 s.72(4); 1979 Sch.6 Pt.VI para.4; 1982 CJ s.46(3).
(10) 1970 s.72(5).
(11) 1970 s.97(5).
109 1970 s.95(1), Sch.2 Pt.I para.1; 1982 CJ s.38(8).
110 1970 ss.7, 95(1)(b), Sch.2 Pt.II.
111 1979 s.24.
112 1970 ss.8, 95(1)(b), Sch.2 Pt.II.
113 1970 s.95(4); Attachment of Earnings Act 1971 (c. 32) s.27(3); Judgments Enforcement (Northern Ireland) Order (S.I. 1981/226 Sch.2 para.17).
114 1970 s.95(2).
115 1970 s.95(1)(a), Sch.2 para.4; 1979 Sch.6 Pt.III.
116 1970 s.95(1)(a), Sch.2 para.3; 1979 Sch.6 Pt.II; 1982 CJ s.38(8).
117 1970 ss.28, 33; 1979 s.45(2) Sch.6 Pt.VII para.20; Safety at Sea Act 1986 (c. 23) s.10.
118 1979 s.25.
119(1) 1970 s.95(1)(a); 1979 s.45(3).
(2),(3) 1979 s.23(2).
120 1970 s.95(5).
121 1970 FV s.1; 1979 Sch.6 Pt.V.
122(1) 1970 FV s.2(1); 1986 s.5(1).
(2) Drafting.
123 1970 FV s.3(1) to (3), 9(1).
124(1) to (4) 1970 FV s.3(4); 1894 ss.280, 281(1),(2); 1993 Sch.4. para.16.
(5),(6) 1970 FV s.3(4); 1894 ss.282,680(1).
(7) 1970 FV s.3(5).
125 1970 FV s.4(1) to (3); 1979 s.43(2), Sch.6 Pt.V.
126 1970 FV s.5; 1982 CJ s.38(8).
127 Safety at Sea Act 1986 (c. 23) ss.7, 9(1).
128(1) 1979 s.20(1); 1994 s.2(1).
(2) 1979 s.20(2).
(3) 1979 s.20(3); Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43) s.148(2); 1988 Sch.6; 1994 s.3(2).
(4) 1979 s.20(4); 1994 s.3(3).
(5),(6) 1979 s.20(4A),(4B); 1994 s.3(4).
(7) 1979 s.20(5).
(8),(9) 1979 s.20(6); 1994 s.2(2).
129 1979 s.20A; 1994 s.4.
130(1) to (3) 1988 s.35.
(4) 1988 s.53(2).
131(1),(2) 1971 POP s.2(2A), (2B); Prevention of Oil Pollution Act 1986 (c. 6) s.1(1).
(3) 1971 POP s.2(4).
(4) 1971 POP s.29(1).
(5),(6) 1971 POP s.2(3).
132 1971 POP s.5.
133 1971 POP s.6(1) except (b) and (c).
134 1971 POP s.7.
135 1971 POP s.10; 1979 Sch.6 Pt.II.
136 1971 POP ss.11 except (c), 29(1); 1979 Sch.6 Pt.IV.
137 1971 POP s.12; 1994 s.8(6).
138 1971 POP s.13.
139 1971 POP s.14.
140(1) 1971 POP s.15(1); Companies Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act (c.9) 1985 Sch.2.
(2) 1971 POP s.15(2).
(3) 1971 POP s.15(3); S.I. 1986/1032 (NI6) Sch.1 Pt.II.
141 1971 POP s.16.
142(1) to (4) 1971 POP s.17(1) to (4).
(5) 1971 POP s.27(4).
(6) to (8) 1971 POP s.17(5); 1979 Sch.6 Pt.VI para.17.
(9) 1971 POP s.17(6).
(10) 1971 POP s.29(1).
143(1) 1971 POP s.19(1).
(2),(3) 1971 POP ss.19(1), 30(4).
(4) 1971 POP s.19(2).
(5) 1971 POP s.19(3).
(6),(7) 1971 POP s.19(4A); Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43) Sch.14 para.2.
144(1) to (7),(10) 1971 POP s.19A; Environmental Protection Act 1990 s.148(1), (3), Sch.14 paras. 1, 3.
145 1971 POP s.19A(8), (9); Environmental Protection Act 1990 s.148(1), (3), Sch.14 paras.1, 3.
146 1971 POP s.20; Debtors (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 18) Sch.6 para.14; Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43) Sch.14 para 4; 1993 Sch.4 para.66.
147 1971 POP s.21.
148 1971 POP s.23; Petroleum and Submarine Pipelines Act 1975 (c. 74) s.45(2); 1979 s.37(8).
149 1971 POP s.24.
150 1971 POP s.26.
151(1),(2) 1971 POP ss.8(2), 29(1).
(3) to (5) 1971 POP s.29(2) to (4).
(6) 1971 POP s.29(5); 1993 Sch.4 para.17(c).
(7) 1971 POP s.32.
152 1971 s.19; 1988 Sch.4 Pt.I para.13; 1994 s.5(1),(4).
153 1971 s.1; 1988 Sch.4 Pt.1 para.1; 1994 Sch.3 Pt.II para.1.
154 1971 s.1A; 1994 Sch.3 Pt.II para.2.
155 1971 s.2; 1988 Sch.4 Pt.I para.2; 1994 Sch.3 Pt.II para.3.
156 1971 s.3; 1988 Sch.4 Pt.I para.3; 1994 Sch.3 Pt.II para.4.
157 1971 s.4; 1988 Sch.4 Pt.I para.4.
158(1),(2) 1971 s.5(1),(2).
(3) 1971 s.5(2A); 1979 s.38(2).
(4) 1971 s.5(3).
(5) 1971 s.5(4); 1979 Sch.5 para.6(1).
(6),(7) 1971 s.5(5),(6).
(8) 1988 Sch.4 Pt.I para.5.
159 1971 s.6.
160 1971 s.7; 1988 Sch.4 Pt.I para.6.
161 1971 s.8.
162 1971 s.9; 1994 Sch.3 Pt.I para.5.
163(1) 1971 s.10(1).
(2) 1971 s.10(2).
(3) 1971 s.10(3); 1988 Sch.4 Pt.I para.8(b).
(4) 1971 s.10(5).
(5) 1971 s.10(6); 1988 Sch.5.
(6) 1971 s.10(7); 1979 Sch.6 Pt.III.
(7) 1971 s.10(8).
164 1971 s.11.
165 1971 s.12; 1988 Sch.4 Pt.I para.9.
166(1) 1971 s.13(1); Supreme Court Act 1981 (c. 54) Sch.5.
(2),(3) 1971 s.13(2),(2A); 1988 Sch.4 Pt.I para.10.
(4) 1971 s.13(3).
167 1971 s.14; 1988 Sch.4 Pt.I para.11.
168 1971 s.15(2); 1979 Sch.5 para.6(2); 1994 Sch.3 Pt.II para.7.
169 1971 s.16.
170 1971 s.20; 1988 Sch.4 Pt.II para.8.
171(1) 1994 ss.5(1), 10(3).
(2), (3) 1994 s.5(3), (4).
172 1974 s.1(1),(2); 1988 Sch.4 Pt.II para.15; 1994 s.5(1),(4).
173(1) 1974 s.2(1),(10).
(2) to (6) 1974 s.2(2) to (6).
(7) 1974 s.2(7); 1988 Sch.4 Pt.II para.16.
(8) to (10) 1974 s.2(8),(9); 1982 CJ s.38(9); Companies Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985 (c. 9) Sch.2.
174(1) to (4) 1974 s.3(1) to (4).
(5) 1974 s.3(5); 1979 Sch.6 Pt.IV.
(6) 1974 s.3(6); 1979 Sch.6 Pt.VI para.18.
175(1) to (7) 1974 s.4(1) to (7); 1988 Sch.4 Pt.II para.17(2).
(8) to (10) 1974 s.4(8),(9),(9A); 1988 Sch.4 Pt.II para.17(3).
176 1974 s.4A; 1988 Sch.4 Pt.II para.17(5).
177 1974 s.6; Supreme Court Act 1981 (c. 54) Sch.5.
178 1974 s.7(1),(2); 1988 Sch.4 Pt.II para.20(a).
179(1) 1974 s.8(1); 1994 s.7(1).
(2) 1974 s.8(4).
180 1974 s.8A; 1988 Sch.4 Pt.II para.22.
181(1),(2) 1974 s.1(3) to (6); 1988 Sch.4 Pt.II para.15.
(3) 1971 s.20(3); 1988 Sch.4 Pt.I para.14.
182(1) 1994 ss.5(1), 10(3).
(2), (3) 1994 s.5(3), (4).
183 1979 ss.14(1),(2),(4) to (7), 15(2).
184 1979 s.16(2), (3), (5), (6).
185(1),(2) 1979 s.17.
(3) 1979 Sch.5 para.3.
(4) 1979 s.35(2).
186 1979 s.18; 1993 Sch.4 para.6(1).
187(1) 1911 MC s.1(1).
(2) 1911 MC s.1(1) proviso (a).
(3) 1911 MC s.9(4).
(4) 1911 MC s.1(1) proviso (b).
(5) 1911 MC s.1(1) proviso (c).
(6),(7) 1911 MC s.1(2).
188(1) 1911 MC s.2.
(2) 1911 MC s.9(4).
(3) 1911 MC s.2 proviso.
(4) 1911 MC s.1(2).
189(1) 1911 MC s.3(1).
(2) 1911 MC s.9(4).
(3) 1911 MC s.3(1) proviso.
(4) 1911 MC s.3(2).
190(1) to (4) 1911 MC s.8.
(5),(6) 1911 MC s.8 proviso.
191(1),(2) Merchant Shipping (Liability of Shipowners and others) 1900 (c. 32) s.2(1).
(3) Ibid.s.3.
(4) 1979 Sch.5 para.1(1).
(5) 1979 Sch.5 para.1(2).
(6) 1979 Sch.5 para.1(3).
(7) 1900 (c. 32) s.2(1).
(8) 1900 (c. 32) s.2(6).
(9) Ibid. s.2(4),(5).
192(1) Crown Proceedings Act 1947 (c. 44) ss.5,6,7,30(1); 1979 Sch.5 para.3.
(2) Ibid. s.38(2).
(3) Crown Proceedings Order 1981 (SI 1981/233) art.30(1).
193(1) 1894 s.634(1).
(2) 1894 s.634(1); Ports Act 1991 (c. 52) s.31(3).
(3) 1894 s.668.
(4) 1894 s.634(1); Ports Act 1991 (c. 52) s.34(3).
(5) 1894 s.634(1)(a),(b).
194 1894 s.635.
195(1) 1894 s.634(1).
(2) 1894 s.634(2).
196 1894 s.634A; 1988 s.41.
197(1) 1894 s.638.
(2),(3) Ports Act 1991 (c. 52) s.31(4),(5).
(4) 1894 s.642; 1993 Sch.4 para.39.
(5) 1894 s.639(1).
(6) 1894 s.639(1A); 1993 Sch.4 para.38.
(7) 1894 s.639(2).
198 1894 s.652.
199(1) 1894 s.653(1).
(2) 1894 s.653(2).
(3) 1894 s.653(3); Ports Act 1991 (c. 52) s.31(6).
(4) 1894 s.653(5).
200 1894 s.636.
201 Ports Act 1991 (c. 52) s.31(1), (2), (7).
202 Ports Act 1991 (c. 52) s.32.
203 Ports Act 1991 (c. 52) ss.33(1), 34(2).
204(1) 1894 s.654(1).
(2) Ports Act 1991 (c. 52) ss.33(3), 34(2).
205(1),(2) 1894 s.643; 1993 Sch.4 para.40.
(3) Merchant Shipping (Mercantile Marine Fund) Act 1898 (c. 44) s.5(1).
(4) 1894 s.643.
(5) Merchant Shipping (Mercantile Marine Fund) Act 1898 (c. 44) s.5(2); 1979 s.36(2).
(6) 1894 s.647; 1993 Sch.4 para.42.
(7) to (9) 1894 s.648(2),(3); 1993 Sch.4 para.43.
206 1894 s.643A; 1993 Sch.4 para 41.
207(1) 1894 s.649(1).
(2) 1894 ss.649(1), 681(2).
(3) 1894 s.649(1A); 1993 Sch.4 para.44.
(4) 1894 s.649(2).
208 1894 s.650; 1993 Sch.4 para.45.
209 1894 s.651; 1993 Sch.4 para.46.
210(1) Harbours Act 1964 (c. 40) s.29(2),(3).
(2) 1964 (c. 40) s.29(2).
(3),(4) 1894 s.655(2).
(5) 1964 (c. 40) s.30(2); 1993 Sch.4 para.55.
(6) 1964 (c. 40) s.30(3).
(7) 1964 (c. 40) s.30(4).
(8) 1964 (c. 40) s.35.
(9),(10) 1894 s.656.
(11) 1993 Sch.4 para.47.
211(1) Merchant Shipping (Mercantile Marine Fund) Act 1894 (c. 44) s.1(1); 1988 Sch.5.
(2)(a) 1894 s.658; 1988 Sch.5.
(b) 1898 ibid. s.2A(1); 1988 s.43.
(c) 1898 ibid. s.2B; 1988 s.43.
(d) 1898 ibid. s.2(3),(7), Sch.3.
(e) Drafting.
(3)(a) 1898 ibid. s.1(2); 1988 Sch.5.
(b) 1898 ibid. s.2A(2); 1988 s.43.
(c) Drafting.
(4),(5) 1894 s.679; 1993 Sch.4 para.53.
212 1894 s.659; Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act 1920 (c. 2) s.1; 1988 Sch.5.
213 1894 s.660.
214 1898 s.1A(1); Superannuation Act 1972 (c. 11) s.17(1).
215 1894 s.662; 1988 s.42.
216 1894 s.662A; 1988 s.42.
217 1894 s.662B; 1988 s.42.
218 1894 s.664; 1993, Sch.4 para.49.
219(1), (2) 1894 s.666(1), (1A); 1993, Sch.4 para.50.
(3) 1894 s.666(2); 1979 s.43(1), Sch.6 Pt.III.
220(1),(2) 1894 s.667(1).
(3) 1894 s.667(2).
(4) 1894 s.667(3); 1979 Sch.6 Pt.VIII para.9.
(5),(6),(7) 1894 ss.667(4), 681(2); 1993 Sch.4 para.51.
(8) 1894 s.667(4A); 1993 Sch.4 para.51.
221(1),(2) 1894 s.731; 1988 Sch.5.
(3) Ports Act 1991 (c. 52) s.36(2)(c).
(4),(5) 1894 s.721(b),(c).
222 1894 s.732.
223(1) 1894 s.742.
(2) 1894 s.638; 1993 Sch.4 para.37.
(3),(4) 1979 ss.34(3), 49(3).
224 1994 s.1.
225 1894 s.551.
226(1),(2) 1894 s.552(1),(2).
(3),(4) 1894 s.552(3),(4); 1993 Sch.4 para.30; 1994 Sch.2 para.1(3).
(5) Drafting.
(6) Drafting.
227 1894 s.553.
228(1) to (3) 1894 s.555(1); 1993 Sch.4 para.30.
(4) 1894 s.555(2).
(5) 1894 s.555(2A); 1994 Sch.2 para.1(4).
(6) 1894 s.555(2).
(7) 1894 s.555(3).
229(1) 1894 s.556; 1993 Sch.4 para.30.
(2) 1894 s.556; 1994 Sch.2 para.1(5).
(3) 1894 s.556.
(4) Drafting.
230(1),(2) Crown Proceedings Act 1947 (c. 44) s.8; 1994 Sch.2 para.3.
(3) to (5) 1894 s.557; Defence (Transfer of Functions) Act 1964 (c. 15) ss.1(2), 3(2).
(6) Drafting.
(7) Crown Proceedings Act 1947 s.38(2).
(8) Crown Proceedings Order 1981 (SI 1981/233) art.30(1).
231(1) 1894 ss.511, 512, 513, 515.
(2) 1894 s.516(1); 1993 Sch.4 para.21.
(3), (4) 1894 s.516(2).
(5) 1894 s.511(1).
232 1894 ss.511, 680(1)(b).
233 1894 ss.512, 680(1)(b); 1993 Sch.4 para.2(5).
234(1) to (4) 1894 s.513(1).
(5),(6) 1894 s.513(2).
(7) 1894 s.513(3); 1982 CJ s.38(8).
235(1) 1894 s.515; Public Order Act 1986 (c. 64) s.10(1).
(2),(3) 1894 s.515, first paragraph.
(4) 1894 s.515, second paragraph; Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65) Sch.27 Pt.II para.24; 1993 Sch.4 para.20.
(5) 1894 s.515, third paragraph; Transfer of Functions (Criminal Injuries to Vessels) (Northern Ireland) Order 1973, SR&O (NI) 1973/56 art.3(1).
236(1) to (3) 1894 ss.518, 681(2); 1906 s.72, 1979 Sch.6 Pt.III; 1993 Sch,4 para.22.
(4) 1894 s.518(2); 1993 Sch.4 para.22(e).
237 1894 s.519; 1979 Sch.6 Pt.VI.
238 1894 s.520; 1993 Sch.4 para.23.
239(1) 1894 s.521(1).
(2),(3) 1894 s.521(2); Consular Conventions Act 1949 (c. 29) s.5(2).
240 1894 s.522; 1993 Sch.4 para.24.
241 1894 s.523.
242 1894 s.524; 1993 Sch.4 para.25.
243 1894 s.525; 1898 s.1(1)(a).
244 1894 s.527.
245 1894 s.535; Criminal Justice Act 1948 (c. 58) s.1; 1993 Sch.4 para.2(5).
246(1),(2) 1894 s.536(1).
(3) 1894 s.536(2).
(4) 1894 s.536(1).
(5) 1894 s.536(1),(2); 1979 Sch.6 Pt.II.
247 1894 s.537; 1993 Sch.4 para.28.
248 1894 s.566; 1993 Sch.4 para.31.
249 1894 s.567(1) to (3); 1993 Sch.4 para.32.
250 1894 s.568.
251 1894 s.569(2).
252(1),(2) 1894 s.530.
(3) 1894 s.532.
(4) 1894 s.530(c).
(5) 1894 s.530, proviso (1).
(6),(7),(8) 1894 s.530, proviso (2).
(9) 1894 s.532.
(10) 1894 s.534.
253(1) 1894 s.531(1).
(2) to (4) 1894 s.531(2) to (4); 1988 Sch.5.
254 1894 s.533.
255(1) 1894 ss.510,742.
(2) Sea Fisheries Act 1968 (c. 77) s.17.
(3) 1894 s.570.
256(1) 1894 ss.728; 1971 POP s.18(1)(a),(b); 1993 Sch.4 paras.17(a), final limb, 56.
(2), (3), (4) 1894 ss.724(1); 1906 s.75(1).
(5) 1894 s.724(2); 1906 s.75(4).
(6), (7) 1984 s.7(1), (2).
(8) 1971 POP s.18(2); 1993 Sch.4 para.17(a).
(9) 1894 s.724(1); 1979 s.28(5); 1993 Sch.4 para.56(c).
257 1894 s.723; 1979 Sch.6 Pts.I, VI; 1993 Sch.4 para.6(1).
258(1), (2) 1970 s.76(1); 1979 s.37(5).
(3) 1970 s.76(2).
(4) 1970 s.76(3); S.I. 1989/102 reg.1(3)(b).
(5) 1970 s.76(4); 1979 Sch.6 Pt.IV.
259(1) 1979 s.27(1); 1971 POP s.18(3); 1984 s.7(3).
(2) 1979 s. 27(1); 1971 POP s.18(3); 1993 Sch.4 para.57.
(3) 1971 POP s.18(5).
(4) 1971 POP s.18(3)(b); 1979 s.28(7)(c).
(5) 1971 POP s.30(3); 1993 Sch.4 para.17(a),(d).
(6) 1971 POP s.18(6); 1993 Sch.4 para. 17(b).
(7) 1971 POP s.18(7); 1979 s.27(2).
(8) to (12) 1979 s.27(3) to (7).
260 1979 s.28(1) to (4).
261 1984 ss.1,11, Sch.1.
262 1984 s.2; 1988 Sch.5.
263 1984 s.3.
264 1984 s.4; Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41) Sch.10 para.55.
265 1984 s.5.
266 1984 s.6.
267 1988 s.33.
268(1), (2) 1970 ss.56(1), (1A); 1988 Sch.6.
(3) 1970 s.56(2); Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43) Sch.7 para.90.
(4), (5) 1970 s.56(3), (4).
(6) 1970 s.59; 1979 s.43(1) Sch.6 Pt.II.
(7) 1970 s.60.
(8), (9), (10) 1970 s.56(5), (6), (6A); 1988 s.48, Sch.5.
(11) 1970 s.56(7); Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43) Sch.7 para 90; Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (SI 1981/1675, Sch.6 Pt.I para.18).
269(1) to (4) 1970 s.57.
(5) 1970 s.60.
270 1970 s.58; 1988 Sch.6.
271(1) 1970 s.61(1).
(2),(3) 1970 s.61(1A), (1B); 1979 s.29(1).
(4) 1970 s.61(2); 1979 s.28(7)(b).
(5) 1970 s.61(3); 1979 s.29(2).
(6) 1970 s.61(4); Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths Inquiry (Scotland) Act 1976 (c. 14) Sch.1 para.1.
272 1970 s.95(1), Sch.2, Pt.I para.5; 1979 s.28(7)(b).
273 1979 s.30(2).
274(1),(2) 1894 s.683(1); 1971 POP s.19(4); 1979 s.42(1), 1993 Sch.4 para.59.
(3),(4) 1979 s.42(2), (3).
(5) 1979 s.42(5).
275 1894 s.683(2); 1993 Sch.4 para.59.
276 1894 s.703(b); 1979 Sch.6 Pt.VII para.14.
277 1894 s.687A; 1993 Sch.4 para.63.
278 1894 s.687B; 1993 Sch.4 para.63.
279 1894 s.684; 1971 POP s.19(5); 1993 Sch.4 para.60.
280 1894 s.685.
281 1894 s.686(1); 1993 Sch.4 para.61.
282 1894 s.687; 1993 Sch.4 para.62.
283(1),(2) 1894 s.689(1); 1970 Sch.3 para.2.
(3) to (5) 1894 s.689(2); 1993 Sch.4 para.64.
(6) 1894 s.689(3).
(7) 1894 s.689(4); 1979 Sch.6 Pt.IV.
(8) 1894 s.689 (5).
(9) 1894 s.689(2),(4).
284(1) to (3) 1894 s.692(1); 1979, Sch.6 Pt.VII para.10.
(4), (5) 1894 s.692(2); 1979, Sch.6 Pt.VII para.11.
(6), (7) 1894 s.692(3), (4).
(8) 1894 s.692(5); 1988 Sch.6.
285 1894 s.693; 1993 Sch.4 para.65.
286(1),(2) 1894 s.691(1),(2).
(3) 1894 s.691(3).
(4) 1894 s.691(1).
(5) 1894 s.691(4) part.
287 1894 s.256(1); 1970 s.75.
288(1) 1894 s.695(1) 1970 Sch.3 para.3.
(2),(3) 1894 s.695(2); 1970 Sch.3 para.3; Merchant Shipping Act (Safety Conventions) 1949 (c. 43) s.33(2), Sch.2; 1993 Sch.4 para.67(a).
(4) 1894 s.695(2)(b); 1949 ibid, 1993 Sch.4 para.67(a).
(5) 1894 ss.695(3), 680(1)(a); 1993 Sch.4 para.67(b).
(6),(7) 1894 s.695(4),(5); 1993 Sch.4 para.72.
(8) 1894 s.695(3A); 1993 Sch.4 para.67(c).
289 1970 s.75A; 1988 Sch.5.
290(1),(2) 1894 s.697.
(3) 1894 s.697(2); 1993 Sch.4 para.69.
291 1894 s.696; 1993 s.9(3), Sch.4 para.68.
292(1) 1894 s.713.
(2) 1894 s.717.
293 1994 s.8.
294 1906 s.78.
295(1) to (3) 1970 s.80(1).
(4) 1970 s.80(2).
(5) 1993 s.1(3).
296 1970 s.81.
297(1) 1970 s.82(1).
(2) 1970 s.82(1A); Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (c. 8) Sch.6 para.59.
(3) 1970 s.82(2).
(4),(5) 1970 s.83.
298 1894 s.256(1).
299(1),(2) 1894 s.714.
(3) 1894 s.715.
(4) to (6) 1894 s.726; 1979 Sch.6 Pt.II.
300(1) to (6) 1894 s.720.
(7) 1894 s.722(2)(b); 1979 Sch.6 Pt.I.
(8) 1894 s.722 (1); 1993 Sch.4 para.73.
301 1906 s.79.
302(1),(3) 1993 Sch.4 para.79.
(2) Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act 1949 (c. 43) s.33(2), Sch.2 (1894 s.83).
303 1894 s.718; 1898 s.1(1)(b).
304(1)(a) 1894 s.662B; 1970 s.98(1); 1970 FV s.10; 1971 POP s.28(1); 1979 ss.23(1)(f), 51(1); 1984 s.10; 1988 s.55(1).
(b) 1894 s.677(1)(b),(d); 1988 Sch.5.
(c) Merchant Shipping (Safety Conventions) Act 1949 (c. 43) s.25.
(d) 1894 s.677(1)(g).
(e) 1894 s.677(1)(f).
(f) 1894 s.677(1)(h).
(g) 1894 s.677(1)(l); Merchant Shipping Repeal Act 1854 (c. 120) s.7.
(h) 1894 s.677(1)(o); 1988 Sch.5.
(2) 1949 ibid; Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act 1977 (c. 24) s.1(2).
305(1)(a) 1894 s.676(1)(a); 1988 Sch.5.
(b) 1894 s.676 (1)(h).
(c) 1894 s.676(1)(l); 1988 Sch.5.
(2) 1894 s.676(2).
306 1894 s.739(1); Merchant Shipping (Load Lines) Act 1967(c. 27) s.30(3); 1970 s.99; 1970 FV s.7; 1971 POP s.27; 1974 s.17(2); 1979 ss.23(4), 41(2), 49; Safety at Sea Act 1986 (c. 23) s.9(2),(3); 1988 s.53(1); 1993 Sch.4 para.1(2).
307 1993 Sch.4 para.5.
308 1894 s.738(2), s.741; 1906 s.80; 1993 Sch.2 para.3.
309 1988 s.47; 1993 Sch.2 para.15(3).
310 1970 Sch.3 para.13; 1971 s.17; 1971 POP s.31; 1979 s.48; 1984 s.9; 1988 s.49.
311 1979 s.41(1).
312(1) 1894 s.710; 1993 Sch.4 para.76.
(2) 1911 MC s.5.
313 1894 s.742; 1993, Sch.4 para.2(1),(2).
314(1) to (3)
(4) 1993 s.10(6).
315(2) to (5) 1993 s.9(3), Sch.4 para.4(1) to (5).
316
Sch. 1 1993 s.6(1), Sch.1.
Sch. 2 1974 s.17(3), Sch.5; 1979 Sch.6 Pt.VI para.20.
Sch. 3 Merchant Shipping (Load Lines) Act 1967 (c. 27)
paras.1,2 ss.1,2.
3 s.3; 1979 Sch.6 Pt.V, 1993 Sch.4 para.12(6).
4 s.4; 1979 Sch.6 Pt.V, Pt.VII para.7.
5 s.5; 1979 Sch.6 Pt.IV.
6 to 9 ss.6 to 9.
10 s.10; 1970 Sch.3 para.12.
11 s.11(1).
12 s.12.
13 s.13; 1979 Sch.6 Pt.V, 1993 Sch.4 para.12(6).
14 to 16 ss.14 to 16.
17 s.17; 1993 Sch.4 para.12(6).
18 to 22 ss.18 to 22.
23 s.23; 1995 SC reg.1(7).
24 s.24; 1979 Sch.6 Pt.IV.
25 s.27(1).
26 s.27(3); 1894 s.280(1), (2).
27 s.27(3); 1894 s.282.
28 s.27(5).
29 s.31.
30 s.30(1).
31 s.32(1) to (7).
Sch. 4
Chap. III
152 1971 s.19.
153 1971 s.1.
154 1971 s.1A; 1994 Sch.3 Pt.I para.1.
155 1971 s.2.
155A 1971 s.2A; 1994 Sch.3 Pt.I para.2.
156 1971 s.3.
156A 1971 s.3A; 1994 Sch.3 Pt.I para.3.
157 1971 s.4; 1979 s.38(1)(a),(b); 1984 s.12(2).
158 1971 s.5; 1979 s.38(2); 1979 Sch.5 para.6(1).
159 1971 s.6.
160 1971 s.7; 1979 Sch.5 para.6(1).
161 1971 s.8.
162 1971 s.9; 1994 Sch.3 Pt.I para.4.
163 1971 s.10; 1979 s.38(3).
164 1971 s.11; 1979 s.38(3).
165 1971 s.12.
166 1971 s.13; Supreme Court Act 1981 (c. 54) Sch.5.
167 1971 s.14; 1979 s.38(3).
168 1971 s.15(2); 1979 Sch.5 para.6(2); 1994 Sch.3 Pt.I para.5.
169 1971 s.16.
170 1971 s.20; 1994 Sch.3 Pt.I para.6.
Chap. IV
172 1974 s.1(1),(2).
173 1974 s.2; 1979 s.38(4)(b); 1982 CJ s.38(9), Companies Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985 (c. 9) Sch.2, Companies Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Order 1986 (SI 1986/1035 (N.I.9)), Sch.1 Pt.II.
174 1974 s.3; 1979 Sch.6 Pt.IV; 1979 Sch.6 Pt.VI para.18.
175 1974 s.4(4) to (9)
176 1974 s.4(10) to (13); 1979 s.38(4)(b),(c).
176A 1974 s.5; 1979 s.38(4)(d),(e).
177 1974 s.6; 1979 s.38(4)(b); Supreme Court Act 1981 (c. 54) Sch.5.
178 1974 s.7.
179 1974 s.8; 1994 s.7(1).
181 1974 ss.1(3),(4),(5), 23(2).
Sch. 5
Part I 1974 Sch.1; 1988 Sch.4 Pt.II para.24; 1994 s.5(2)(a).
Part II 1974 Sch.1; 1979 s.38(4)(g).
Sch. 6
Part I 1979 Sch.3 Pts.I, III.
Part II 1979 Sch.3 Pts.II, III.
Sch. 7
Part I 1979 Sch.4, Pt.I.
Part II 1979 s.49(5), Sch.4, Pt.II; 1995 SC reg.1(8).
Sch. 8 1894 s.668; 1974 s.18, 1979 s.33(2), Local Government (Scotland) Act 1994 (c. 39) Sch.13 para.7.
Sch. 9 Ports Act 1991 (c. 52) s.32.
Sch. 10 Harbours Act 1964 (c. 40) s.35.
Sch. 11
Part I 1994 Sch.1, Pt.I.
Part II 1994 Sch.1, Pt.II.
Sch. 12
Sch. 13
Sch. 14
para.2 1993 s.9(4).
3 Merchant Shipping Act 1948 (c. 44) s.5.
4 1979 s.37(2),(3).
7 1993 Sch.5; saving.
8 1979 s.38(6).
9 1894 s.669; 1979 s.36(3).
10 1894 s.571.
11 1894 s.745(1)(f).

British ships and United Kingdom ships.

Production of certificates and other documents of qualification.

Temporary exclusion zones

100A
  • (1) Subsection (2) below applies where a ship, structure or other thing—
  • (a) is in United Kingdom waters or a part of the sea specified by virtue of section 129(2)(b); and
  • (b) is wrecked, damaged or in distress;

and in this section and section 100B “the relevant casualty” means that ship, structure or other thing.

  • (2) If it appears to the Secretary of State—
  • (a) that significant harm will or may occur as a direct or indirect result of the relevant casualty being wrecked, damaged or in distress, and
  • (b) that if access to an area around the relevant casualty were restricted in accordance with section 100B, significant harm, or the risk of such harm, would be prevented or reduced,

he may by direction identify an area to which access is so restricted (“a temporary exclusion zone”).

  • (3) In this section “significant harm” means—
  • (a) significant pollution in the United Kingdom, in United Kingdom waters or in a part of the sea specified by virtue of section 129(2)(b); or
  • (b) significant damage to persons or property.
  • (4) A temporary exclusion zone may not include any area which is neither within United Kingdom waters nor within a part of the sea specified by virtue of section 129(2)(b).
  • (5) If it appears to the Secretary of State at any time after a temporary exclusion zone is established that the zone is larger than is needed for the purpose of preventing or reducing significant harm, or the risk of such harm, he shall by direction vary the direction establishing the zone accordingly.
  • (6) Subject to subsections (4) and (5) above, a temporary exclusion zone may be identified by reference to the position of the relevant casualty from time to time.
  • (7) If it appears to the Secretary of State at any time after a temporary exclusion zone is established that the zone is not needed for the purpose of preventing or reducing significant harm, or the risk of such harm, he shall by direction revoke the direction establishing the zone.
  • (8) Where the Secretary of State gives a direction under this section, he shall—
  • (a) as soon as practicable, publish it in such manner as he considers appropriate for bringing it to the attention of persons likely to be affected by it; and
  • (b) within the period of 24 hours from the giving of the direction, send a copy of it to the International Maritime Organization.
  • (9) Subsection (2) above does not apply where an order under section 2 of the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973 has effect in relation to the relevant casualty.
100B
  • (1) If a direction establishing a temporary exclusion zone contains a statement of a description mentioned in subsection (2) below, then, subject to subsection (4) below, no ship shall enter or remain in the zone.
  • (2) The statement is one to the effect that the direction is given for the purpose of preventing or reducing significant pollution, or the risk of significant pollution, in the United Kingdom, in United Kingdom waters or in a part of the sea specified by virtue of section 129(2)(b).
  • (3) If a direction establishing a temporary exclusion zone does not contain a statement of a description mentioned in subsection (2) above, then, subject to subsections (4) and (5) below—
  • (a) no ship shall enter or remain in any part of the zone that is in United Kingdom waters; and
  • (b) no United Kingdom ship shall enter or remain in any part of the zone that is in a part of the sea specified by virtue of section 129(2)(b).
  • (4) A ship may enter or remain in a temporary exclusion zone or a part of such a zone if it does so—
  • (a) in accordance with the direction establishing the zone;
  • (b) with the consent of the Secretary of State; or
  • (c) in accordance with regulations made by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this section.
  • (5) A qualifying foreign ship may enter a temporary exclusion zone or a part of such a zone if in doing so it is exercising the right of transit passage through straits used for international navigation.
  • (6) If a ship enters or remains in a temporary exclusion zone or a part of such a zone in contravention of subsection (1) or (3) above then, subject to subsection (7) below, its owner and its master shall each be guilty of an offence and liable—
  • (a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding £50,000 a fine;
  • (b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine or to both.
  • (7) It shall be a defence for a person charged with an offence under this section to prove that the existence or area of the temporary exclusion zone was not, and would not on reasonable enquiry have become, known to the master.

Power to require ships to be moved

100C

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100D

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100E

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100F
  • (1) In this section and section 100G “trans-shipment licence” means a licence under section 4A of the Sea Fish Conservation Act 1967 (prohibition of trans-shipment of fish unless authorised by a licence).
  • (2) The Secretary of State may, for all or any of the purposes specified in subsection (3) below, by regulations prescribe requirements to be met by ships in respect of which trans-shipment licences are in force.
  • (3) Those purposes are—
  • (a) the purpose of securing the safety of ships in respect of which trans-shipment licences are in force and persons on them,
  • (b) the purpose of protecting the health of persons on such ships,
  • (c) the purpose of securing the safety of any other persons or property, and
  • (d) the purpose of preventing or reducing pollution.
  • (4) The matters with respect to which requirements may be prescribed under subsection (2) above include, in particular, the construction and equipment of ships, the manning of ships, and operational matters.
  • (5) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (2) above, regulations under that subsection may apply in relation to a ship in respect of which a trans-shipment licence is in force any requirements contained in—
  • (a) safety regulations,
  • (b) regulations under section 128, or
  • (c) any international agreement,

whether or not those requirements would otherwise apply in relation to that ship.

100G
  • (1) If it appears to the Secretary of State that any requirement of regulations under section 100F(2) or regulations under section 192A is being contravened in respect of a ship in respect of which a trans-shipment licence is in force, he may serve on the master a notice under subsection (2) below.
  • (2) A notice under this subsection must specify the contravention by reason of which it is given and must—
  • (a) prohibit the receiving by the ship of fish trans-shipped from another ship,
  • (b) prohibit the processing of fish on the ship, or
  • (c) prohibit both such receiving and such processing.
  • (3) The Secretary of State shall revoke a notice under subsection (2) above if he is satisfied that the contravention specified in it has been remedied.
  • (4) If a trans-shipment licence ceases to be in force in respect of a ship to which a notice under subsection (2) above relates, the notice is revoked by virtue of this subsection.
  • (5) If without reasonable excuse the master of a ship causes or permits any prohibition imposed by a notice under subsection (2) above to be contravened in respect of the ship, he shall be liable—
  • (a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding £50,000 a fine;
  • (b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or a fine or both.
  • (6) The obligation imposed by regulations under section 100F(2) shall not be enforceable except in accordance with this section, but this subsection does not limit the powers conferred by section 258.

Return to be furnished by masters of ships as to passengers.

Chapter IA — Waste reception facilities at harbours

General.

130A
  • (1) The Secretary of State may by regulations make such provision as he considers appropriate in relation to—
  • (a) the provision at harbours in the United Kingdom of facilities for the reception of waste from ships (in this Chapter referred to as “waste reception facilities”); and
  • (b) the use of waste reception facilities provided at such harbours.
  • (2) In making the regulations, the Secretary of State shall take into account the need to give effect to provisions—
  • (a) which are contained in any international agreement mentioned in section 128(1) which has been ratified by the United Kingdom; and
  • (b) which relate to waste reception facilities.
  • (3) Sections 130B to 130D make further provision with respect to the regulations that may be made under this section.
130B
  • (1) The regulations may make provision requiring a harbour authority for a harbour in the United Kingdom—
  • (a) in such circumstances as may be prescribed, to prepare a plan with respect to the provision and use of waste reception facilities at the harbour; and
  • (b) to submit the plan to the Secretary of State for approval.
  • (2) The regulations may make provision requiring a person—
  • (a) if directed to do so by the Secretary of State, to prepare a plan with respect to the provision and use of waste reception facilities at any terminals operated by him within a harbour which is in the United Kingdom and is specified in the direction; and
  • (b) to submit the plan to the Secretary of State for approval.
  • (3) For the purposes of this Chapter—
  • (a) “terminal” means any terminal, jetty, pier, floating structure or other works within a harbour at which ships can obtain shelter or ship and unship goods or passengers; and
  • (b) a person operates a terminal if activities at the terminal are under his control.
  • (4) In the following provisions of this section, “waste management plan” means a plan of a description mentioned in subsection (1) or (2) above.
  • (5) The regulations may make provision with respect to the form and content of waste management plans and may in particular require such plans to include—
  • (a) proposals as to the information to be provided about waste reception facilities to those who are expected to use them;
  • (b) proposals designed to ensure that adequate provision will be made for the disposal of waste deposited in waste reception facilities; and
  • (c) proposals about how costs incurred in establishing and running waste reception facilities will be recovered.
  • (6) The regulations may require a person preparing a waste management plan to have regard to such matters as the Secretary of State may prescribe or in a particular case direct.
  • (7) The regulations may make provision as to the procedures to be followed in connection with waste management plans and may in particular—
  • (a) require a person preparing a waste management plan to consult such persons as the Secretary of State may prescribe or in a particular case direct;
  • (b) enable the Secretary of State to approve waste management plans with or without modification or to reject such plans;
  • (c) enable the Secretary of State, if he is satisfied that a person who is required to prepare a waste management plan is not taking any steps necessary in connection with the preparation of the plan, to prepare such a plan;
  • (d) require harbour authorities and persons operating terminals to implement waste management plans once approved, or to take such steps as the Secretary of State may in a particular case direct for the purpose of securing that approved plans are implemented;
  • (e) enable waste management plans, in such circumstances as may be prescribed, to be withdrawn, altered or replaced.
130C
  • (1) The regulations may make provision enabling a statutory harbour authority, on levying ship, passenger and goods dues, to impose charges for the purpose of recovering the whole or a part of the costs of the provision by or on behalf of the authority of waste reception facilities at the harbour.
  • (2) The regulations may make provision requiring the master of a ship—
  • (a) if reasonably required to do so by a Departmental officer, or
  • (b) in such other circumstances as may be prescribed,

to deposit any waste carried by the ship, or any prescribed description of such waste, in waste reception facilities provided at a harbour in the United Kingdom.

  • (3) The regulations may make provision—
  • (a) for the reference to arbitration of questions as to whether requirements made under regulations made in pursuance of subsection (2)(a) above were reasonable, and
  • (b) for compensation to be payable by the Secretary of State where a requirement is found to have been unreasonable.
  • (4) The regulations may make—
  • (a) provision prohibiting the imposition by persons providing waste reception facilities at harbours in the United Kingdom of charges for the depositing of waste, or any prescribed description of waste, in the facilities; or
  • (b) provision authorising the imposition by such persons of such charges subject to such restrictions as may be prescribed.
  • (5) The regulations may provide for charges to be imposed by virtue of subsection (4)(b) above—
  • (a) even though the charges are for the depositing of waste in compliance with a requirement imposed by virtue of subsection (2) above; and
  • (b) even though charges are also imposed by virtue of subsection (1) above.
  • (6) Subsections (7) to (9) below apply if the regulations make provision enabling a statutory harbour authority to impose charges of a description mentioned in subsection (1) above.
  • (7) The regulations may require information about the charges to be published in a way that is designed to bring the charges to the notice of persons likely to be affected.
  • (8) The regulations may provide for the charges to be reduced at the instance of the Secretary of State following the making of an objection by a person of a prescribed description.
  • (9) Regulations made by virtue of subsection (8) above may in particular make provision which corresponds to that made by section 31(3) to (12) of the Harbours Act 1964.
  • (10) The regulations may make provision as to the recovery of any charges imposed by virtue of this section.
130D
  • (1) The regulations may provide that where a person contravenes a requirement under the regulations he is guilty of an offence and is liable—
  • (a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, and
  • (b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine or to both.
  • (2) The regulations may—
  • (a) provide for exemptions from any provision of the regulations;
  • (b) provide for references in the regulations to any specified document to operate as references to that document as revised or re-issued from time to time;
  • (c) make different provision for different cases;
  • (d) include such incidental, supplemental and transitional provision as appears to the Secretary of State to be expedient.
  • (3) Regulations under section 130A which contain any provision of a description mentioned in section 130C (whether or not they also contain other provision) shall not be made unless a draft of the statutory instrument containing the regulations has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.
  • (4) A statutory instrument containing regulations under section 130A to which subsection (3) above does not apply (including regulations which revoke provision of a description mentioned in section 130C but do not contain any other provision made by virtue of section 130C) shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
130E

In this Chapter—

  • prescribe” means prescribe by regulations;
  • ship, passenger and goods dues” has the same meaning—in relation to Great Britain, as in the Harbours Act 1964; andin relation to Northern Ireland, as in the Harbours Act (Northern Ireland) 1970;
  • waste reception facilities” has the meaning given by section 130A(1).
136A

The provisions of sections 131(1) and 136(1) shall not apply to any discharge which is made under, and the provisions of section 136(1) shall not apply to any escape which is authorised by, an authorisation granted under Part I of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 or a permit granted under regulations under section 2 of the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999 or an authorisation under regulations under section 18 of the Regulatory Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 or an authorisation or permit granted under any corresponding provisions of the law of Northern Ireland.

138A

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Chapter V — Carriage of hazardous and noxious substances

Introductory.

182A
  • (1) In this Chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, “the Convention” means the International Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in Connection with the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea 1996.
  • (2) The text of the Convention, excluding the annexes, is set out in Schedule 5A.
  • (3) In interpreting the definition of “hazardous and noxious substances” in Article 1, paragraph 5 of the Convention, any reference in that paragraph to a particular convention or code as amended shall be taken to be a reference to that convention or code as amended from time to time (whether before or after the commencement of this Chapter).
182B
  • (1) Her Majesty may by Order in Council make such provision as She considers appropriate for the purpose of giving effect to—
  • (a) the Convention on or after its ratification by the United Kingdom; or
  • (b) any revision of the Convention which appears to Her Majesty in Council to have been agreed to by the Government of the United Kingdom.
  • (2) The power conferred by subsection (1) above to make provision for the purpose of giving effect to the Convention or an agreement revising the Convention includes power to provide for the provision to come into force even though the Convention or the agreement has not come into force.
  • (3) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1) above, an Order under that subsection may include provision—
  • (a) requiring contributions to be paid in accordance with the Convention to the International Hazardous and Noxious Substances Fund established under the Convention;
  • (b) for applying for the purpose mentioned in subsection (1) above any enactment or instrument relating to the pollution of the sea or other waters (including provisions creating offences) with such modifications, if any, as may be prescribed by the Order;
  • (c) making such modifications of any enactment or instrument (including, where the Order is made under paragraph (b) of that subsection, modifications of Schedule 5A and section 182C) as appear to Her Majesty to be appropriate for the purpose specified in that subsection;
  • (d) with respect to the application of the Order to the Crown;
  • (e) for detaining any ship in respect of which a contravention of a provision made by or under the Order is suspected to have occurred and, in relation to such a ship, for applying section 284 with such modifications, if any, as are prescribed by the Order;
  • (f) for a certificate issued by or on behalf of the Secretary of State and stating that at a particular time a particular substance was, or was not, a hazardous or noxious substance for the purposes of the Convention to be conclusive evidence of that matter.
  • (4) An Order under subsection (1) above may—
  • (a) make different provision for different circumstances;
  • (b) make provision for references in the Order to any specified document to operate as references to that document as revised or re-issued from time to time;
  • (c) provide for the delegation of functions exercisable by virtue of the Order;
  • (d) include such incidental, supplemental and transitional provisions as appear to Her Majesty to be expedient for the purposes of the Order; and
  • (e) authorise the making of regulations for the purposes of this section (except the purposes of subsection (3)(a), (b) and (c) above).
  • (5) A draft of an Order in Council proposed to be made by virtue of this section shall not be submitted to Her Majesty in Council unless it has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.
182C
  • (1) The Secretary of State may by order make such amendments of Schedule 5A and any Order in Council under section 182B(1) as appear to him to be appropriate for the purpose of giving effect to any amendment of a relevant limit which is adopted in accordance with article 48 of the Convention.
  • (2) In subsection (1) above, “a relevant limit” means any of the limits for the time being specified in article 9, paragraph 1 and article 14, paragraph 5 of the Convention.

Regulations requiring insurance or security

192A
  • (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3) below, the Secretary of State may make regulations requiring that, in such cases as may be prescribed by the regulations, while a ship is in United Kingdom waters, there must be in force in respect of the ship—
  • (a) a contract of insurance insuring such person or persons as may be specified by the regulations against such liabilities as may be so specified and satisfying such other requirements as may be so specified, or
  • (b) such other security relating to those liabilities as satisfies requirements specified by or under the regulations.
  • (2) Regulations under this section shall not apply in relation to—
  • (a) a qualifying foreign ship while it is exercising—
  • (i) the right of innocent passage, or
  • (ii) the right of transit passage through straits used for international navigation,
  • (b) any warship, or
  • (c) any ship for the time being used by the government of any State for other than commercial purposes.
  • (3) Regulations under this section may not require insurance or security to be maintained in respect of a ship in relation to any liability in any case where an obligation to maintain insurance or security in respect of that ship in relation to that liability is imposed by section 163 or by or under an Order in Council under section 182B.
  • (4) Regulations under this section may require that, where a person is obliged to have in force in respect of a ship a contract of insurance or other security, such documentary evidence as may be specified by or under the regulations of the existence of the contract of insurance or other security must be carried in the ship and produced on demand, by such persons as may be specified in the regulations, to such persons as may be so specified.
  • (5) Regulations under this section may provide—
  • (a) that in such cases as are prescribed a ship which contravenes the regulations shall be liable to be detained and that section 284 shall have effect, with such modifications (if any) as are prescribed by the regulations, in relation to the ship,
  • (b) that a contravention of the regulations shall be an offence punishable on summary conviction by a fine of an amount not exceeding £50,000, or such less amount as is prescribed by the regulations, a fine, the amount of which may be limited by the regulations, and on conviction on indictment by a fine, and
  • (c) that any such contravention shall be an offence punishable only on summary conviction by a fine of an amount not exceeding £50,000, or such less amount as is prescribed by the regulations a fine, the amount of which may be limited by the regulations.
  • (6) Regulations under this section may—
  • (a) make different provision for different cases,
  • (b) make provision in terms of any document which the Secretary of State or any person considers relevant from time to time, and
  • (c) include such incidental, supplemental and transitional provision as appears to the Secretary of State to be expedient for the purposes of the regulations.

Returns and information to Secretary of State.

222A
  • (1) No obligation as to secrecy or other restriction on the disclosure of information (whether imposed by statute or otherwise) shall prevent a Minister of the Crown or a Northern Ireland department from disclosing—
  • (a) to a general lighthouse authority, or
  • (b) to a person appointed by a general lighthouse authority to collect general light dues,

information for the purpose of enabling or assisting the authority to discharge their functions under this Part.

  • (2) Information obtained by any person by virtue of subsection (1) above shall not be disclosed by him to any other person except where the disclosure is made—
  • (a) to a general lighthouse authority or a person appointed by such an authority to collect general light dues; or
  • (b) for the purposes of any legal proceedings arising out of this Part.
256A
  • (1) The Scottish Ministers may authorise any member of the staff of the Scottish Administration to exercise any of the powers under sections 125(3), 258 and 284(1) of an officer of, or a person appointed by, a Minister of the Crown for the purpose of enforcing, in Scotland or in the Scottish zone and in relation to fishing vessels, sections 49 and 125; and sections 258(5) and 284(4) and (5) shall apply in relation to a member of the staff of the Scottish Administration authorised under this section as they apply to such an officer or person.
  • (2) In this section, “the Scottish zone” has the same meaning as in section 126(1) of the Scotland Act 1998.

Time limit for summary orders.

277A

Any person who-knowingly or wilfully aids, abets, counsels, causes, procures or commands the commission of an offence under this Act shall be liable to be dealt with, tried and punished as a principal offender.

302A

Schedule 11A (funding of maritime services) shall have effect.

313A
  • (1) In this Act “qualifying foreign ship” means any ship other than—
  • (a) a British ship, or
  • (b) a ship which is not registered under Part II and which (although not by virtue of section 1(1)(d) a British ship)—
  • (i) is wholly owned by persons falling within subsection (2) below, and
  • (ii) is not registered under the law of a country outside the United Kingdom.
  • (2) The following persons fall within this subsection, namely—
  • (a) British citizens,
  • (b) British Dependent Territories citizens,
  • (c) British Overseas citizens,
  • (d) persons who under the British Nationality Act 1981 are British subjects,
  • (e) British Nationals (Overseas) (within the meaning of that Act),
  • (f) British protected persons (within the meaning of that Act), or
  • (g) bodies corporate incorporated in the United Kingdom or in any relevant British possession and having their principal place of business in the United Kingdom or in any relevant British possession.

General Provisions

Ships to which Schedule applies

Load Line rules

United Kingdom ships — Compliance with load line rules

Submersion of load lines

Miscellaneous offences in relation to marks

Issue of load line certificates

Effect of load line certificate

Duration, endorsement and cancellation of load line certificates

Ships not to proceed to sea without load line certificate

Publication of load line certificate and entry of particulars in official log book

Inspection of ships

Non-United Kingdom ships — Valid Convention certificates

Compliance with load line rules

Submersion of load lines

United Kingdom load line certificates

Production of certificate to customs and excise officer

Provisions as to inspection

Exemptions — Power to make exemption orders

Further powers to exempt ships

Issue of exemption certificates

Duration and termination of exemptions, and duration, endorsement and cancellation of exemption certificates

International Load Line Exemption Certificates

Subdivision load lines and deck cargo — Subdivision load lines

Deck cargo

Miscellaneous provisions — Notice to consular officer of proceedings against foreign ships

Delivery up of certificates

Penalty for false statements etc.

Admissibility of certificates in evidence

Convention countries

Orders, rules and regulations

Interpretation

Chapter III — Liability for Oil Pollution

Liability

Limitation of liability

Compulsory insurance

Supplementary

Chapter IV — International Oil Pollution

Compensation Fund

Preliminary

Contributions to Fund

Compensation for persons suffering pollution damage

Limitation of Fund’s liability under section 175.

Indemnification of shipowners

Supplemental

SCHEDULE 5A

Text of International Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in Connection with the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea

The States parties to the present Convention,

Chapter I — GENERAL PROVISIONS

Definitions

Article 1

Annexes

Article 2

Scope of application

Article 3

Article 4

Article 5

Duties of State Parties

Article 6

Chapter II — LIABILITY

Liability of the owner

Article 7

Incidents involving two or more ships

Article 8

Limitation of liability

Article 9

Article 10

Death and injury

Article 11

Compulsory insurance of the owner

Article 12

Chapter III — COMPENSATION BY THE INTERNATIONAL HAZARDOUS AND NOXIOUS SUBSTANCES FUND (HNS FUND)

Establishment of the HNS Fund

Article 13

Compensation

Article 14

Article 15

General provisions on contributions

Article 16

General provisions on annual contributions

Article 17

Annual contributions to the general account

Article 18

Annual contributions to separate accounts

Article 19

Initial contributions

Article 20

Reports

Article 21

Non-payment of contributions

Article 22

Optional liability of States Parties for the payment of contributions

Article 23

Organization and administration

Article 24

Assembly

Article 25

Article 26

Article 27

Article 28

Secretariat

Article 29

Article 30

Article 31

Finances

Article 32

Voting

Article 33

Article 34

Tax exemptions and currency regulations

Article 35

Confidentiality of information

Article 36

Chapter IV — CLAIMS AND ACTIONS

Limitation of actions

Article 37

Jurisdiction in respect of action against the owner

Article 38

Jurisdiction in respect of action against the HNS Fund or taken by the HNS Fund

Article 39

Recognition and enforcement

Article 40

Subrogation and recourse

Article 41

Supersession clause

Article 42

Chapter V — TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

Information on contributing cargo

Article 43

First session of the Assembly

Article 44

Chapter VI — FINAL CLAUSES

Signature, ratification, acceptance, approval and accession

Article 45

Entry into force

Article 46

Revision and amendment

Article 47

Amendment of limits

Article 48

Article 49

Extraordinary sessions of the Assembly

Article 50

Cessation

Article 51

Winding up of the HNS Fund

Article 52

Depositary

Article 53

Languages

Article 54

Article 1

Persons entitled to limit liability

1

Shipowners and salvors, as hereinafter defined, may limit their liability in accordance with the rules of this Convention for claims set out in Article 2.

2

The term “shipowner” shall mean the owner, charterer, manager or operator of a seagoing ship.

3

Salvor shall mean any person rendering services in direct connection with salvage operations. Salvage operations shall also include operations referred to in Article 2, paragraph 1(d), (e) and (f).

4

If any claims set out in Article 2 are made against any person for whose act, neglect or default the shipowner or salvor is responsible, such person shall be entitled to avail himself of the limitation of liability provided for in this Convention.

5

In this Convention the liability of a shipowner shall include liability in an action brought against the vessel herself.

6

An insurer of liability for claims subject to limitation in accordance with the rules of this Convention shall be entitled to the benefits of this Convention to the same extent as the assured himself.

7

The act of invoking limitation of liability shall not constitute an admission of liability.

Article 2

Claims subject to limitation

1

Subject to Articles 3 and 4 the following claims, whatever the basis of liability may be, shall be subject to limitation of liability:

  • (a) claims in respect of loss of life or personal injury or loss of or damage to property (including damage to harbour works, basins and waterways and aids to navigation), occurring on board or in direct connection with the operation of the ship or with salvage operations, and consequential loss resulting therefrom;
  • (b) claims in respect of loss resulting from delay in the carriage by sea of cargo, passengers or their luggage;
  • (c) claims in respect of other loss resulting from infringement of rights other than contractual rights, occurring in direct connection with the operation of the ship or salvage operations;
  • (d) claims in respect of the raising, removal, destruction or the rendering harmless of a ship which is sunk, wrecked, stranded or abandoned, including anything that is or has been on board such ship;
  • (e) claims in respect of the removal, destruction or the rendering harmless of the cargo of the ship;
  • (f) claims of a person other than the person liable in respect of measures taken in order to avert or minimise loss for which the person liable may limit his liability in accordance with this Convention, and further loss caused by such measures.
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