Statutory Instrument 1993 No. 1786

The Merchant Shipping Act 1979 (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) Order 1993

---

© Crown Copyright 1993

The legislation contained on this web site is subject to Crown Copyright protection. It may be reproduced free of charge provided that it is reproduced accurately and that the source and copyright status of the material is made evident to users.

It should be noted that the right to reproduce the text of Statutory Instruments does not extend to the Royal Arms and the Queen's Printer imprints.

The text of this Internet version of the Statutory Instrument has been prepared to reflect the text as it was Made. The authoritative version is the Queen's Printer copy published by The Stationery Office Limited as the The Merchant Shipping Act 1979 (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) Order 1993, ISBN 0110347862. Purchase this item. For details of how to obtain an official copy see How to obtain The Stationery Office Limited titles.

To ensure fast access over slow connections, large documents have been segmented into "chunks". Where you see a "continue" button at the bottom of the page of text, this indicates that there is another chunk of text available.

1993 No. 1786

MERCHANT SHIPPING

The Merchant Shipping Act 1979 (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) Order 1993

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 20th day of July 1993

Present,

The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by section 47(1) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1979^[1], is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

    1.    This Order may be cited as The Merchant Shipping Act 1979 (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) Order 1993 and shall come into force on 21st August 1993.

    2.    The Merchant Shipping Act 1979 (Overseas Territories) Order 1989^[2] shall be amended as follows:
—in article 2 after the words "the Merchant Shipping (Distress Signals and Prevention of Collisions) Regulations 1989"^[3] there shall be added "as amended by the Merchant Shipping (Distress Signals and Prevention of Collisions) (Amendment) Regulations 1991"^[4].

N. H. Nicholls

Clerk of the Privy Council

This Order amends the Merchant Shipping Act 1979 (Overseas Territories) Order 1989 by updating the reference to the Merchant Shipping (Distress Signals and Prevention of Collisions) Regulations 1989 to include a reference to the amendments to those regulations which came into force on 19th April 1991.

[1] 1979 c. 39. back

[2] S.I. 1989/2400. back

[3] S.I. 1989/1798. back

[4] S.I. 1991/638. back