LegalizeThe Merchant Shipping Act 1974 (Cayman Islands) Order 1988
Made: 27th April 1988
Laid before Parliament: 5th May 1988
Coming into force: 1st June 1988
At the Court of Saint James, the 27th day of April 1988 Present, The Counsellors of State in Council
Now, therefore, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and His Royal Highness The Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, being authorised thereto by the said Letters Patent, and in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her Majesty by section 20(1) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1974[^f00001] and section 738(1) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894[^f00002] and of 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 Act 1974 (Cayman Islands) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 1st June 1988.
2
It is hereby directed that, subject to the exceptions, modifications and adaptations specified in the Schedule to this Order, section 19 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1974 shall extend to the Cayman Islands as part of the law thereof.
3
The provisions of the Schedule hereto shall come into force on such day as the Governor in Council may appoint by order, and different days may be appointed for different provisions.
SCHEDULE — EXCEPTIONS, MODIFICATIONS AND ADAPTATIONS IN THE EXTENSION TO THE CAYMAN ISLANDS OF SECTION 19 OF THE MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT 1974
1
In subsection (1) the reference to the Merchant Shipping Act 1970 shall be construed as a reference to that Act as it extends to the Cayman Islands.
2
Subsections (2) and (5) shall be omitted.
3
In subsection (4) for the words“summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £100” there shall be substituted the words“conviction on indictment to a fine and on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale”.
Signed
G. I. de Deney — Clerk of the Privy Council
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order permits the extension to the Cayman Islands of section 19 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1974, which amends the provisions of the Merchant Shipping Act 1970 (c. 36).
Level 5 of the standard scale of fines is at present five thousand Cayman dollars.
Footnotes
[^f00001]: 1974 c. 43.
[^f00002]: 1894 c. 60.
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