The Merchant Shipping (Confirmation of Legislation) (Falkland Islands) Order 1987

Made: 21st October 1987

Laid before Parliament: 29th October 1987

Coming into force: 20th November 1987

At the Court of Saint James, the 21st day of October 1987 Present, The Counsellors of State in Council

Now therefore, His Royal Highness The Prince Andrew Duke of York and Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal, being authorised thereto by the said Letters Patent, and in pursuance of the power conferred by section 735(1) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894[^f00001] and all other powers enabling Her Majesty, and by and with the advice of Her Majesty’s Privy Council, do on Her Majesty’s behalf order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

1

This Order may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Confirmation of Legislation) (Falkland Islands) Order 1987 and shall come into force on 20th November 1987.

2

The Merchant Shipping (Registry) Ordinance, 1987[^f00002] is hereby confirmed.

Signed

G. I. de Deney — Clerk of the Privy Council

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order, made under section 735(1) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894, confirms a Law enacted by the Legislature of the Falkland Islands which repeals, in relation to the registration of ships in the Falkland Islands, certain provisions of Part I of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894 regarding such registration and in relation to fishing boats Part IV of that Act as it applies to the Islands.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1894 c. 60.

[^f00002]: Ordinance No. 7 of 1987 of the Falkland Islands.