Merchant Shipping Act 1974

1. Introductory Text

2. PART I The International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund

   1. 1. Interpretation of Part I

   2. Contributions to Fund

      1. 2. Contributions by importers of oil and others

      2. 3. Power to obtain information

   3. Compensation for persons suffering pollution damage

      1. 4. Liability of the Fund

   4. Indemnification of shipowners

      1. 5. Indemnification where damage is caused by ship registered in Fund Convention country

   5. Supplemental

      1. 6. Jurisdiction and effect of judgments

      2. 7. Extinguishment of claims

      3. 8. Subrogation and rights of recourse

      4. 9. Modification of limitation of liability under Act of 1971

3. PART II Oil Tankers

   1. 10. Interpretation of Part II

   2. 11. Design and construction of oil tankers

   3. 12. Restrictions on tankers sailing from United Kingdom ports

   4. 13. Restrictions on uncertificated tankers

4. PART III Protection of Shipping and Trading Interests

   1. 14. Foreign action affecting shipping

   2. 15. Parliamentary control of orders under Part III

5. PART IV Submersible Apparatus

   1. 16. Apparatus to which Part IV applies

   2. 17. Safety of submersible and supporting apparatus

6. PART V Miscellaneous and Supplemental

   1. Miscellaneous

      1. 18. Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses

      2. 19. Offences by seamen

   2. Supplemental

      1. 20. Extension to British possessions etc.

      2. 21. Financial provisions

      3. 22. Offences by bodies corporate

      4. 23. Construction and interpretation

      5. 24. Citation, commencement, repeals and extent

7. SCHEDULES

   1. SCHEDULE 1

      OVERALL LIMIT ON LIABILITY OF FUND

      1. Article 4—paragraphs 4, 5 and 6

   2. SCHEDULE 2

      Oil Tankers

      1. Surveys, inspections and certificates

         1. 1. (1) Oil tanker construction rules may provide for any surveys...

      2. Duty to notify alterations

         1. 2. (1) The rules may require the owner of a United...

      3. Clearance of outgoing tanker

         1. 3. (1) Before a certificated oil tanker proceeds to sea, the...

      4. Inspection of foreign tanker

         1. 4. (1) For the purpose of determining whether an oil tanker...

      5. Offences

         1. 5. (1) Oil tanker construction rules may provide for the punishment...

      6. Fees

         1. 6. Oil tanker construction rules— (a) may, with the approval of...

   3. SCHEDULE 3

      Certificated Oil Tankers

      1. 1. In Part II of this Act a " certificated oil...

      2. 2. An oil tanker is certificated if it is a United...

      3. 3. (1) An oil tanker registered in a Convention country (other...

      4. 4. (1) An oil tanker is certificated if a certificate of...

      5. 5. An order made under this Schedule may be varied or...

   4. SCHEDULE 4

      Protection of Shipping and Trading Interests

      1. Customs powers

         1. 1. (1) An order made under the principal section with the...

      2. Orders imposing charges

         1. 2. (1) An order under subsection (3)(d) of the principal section—...

      3. Criminal proceedings

         1. 3. A person shall not be guilty of an offence against...

      4. Interpretation

         1. 4. In the principal section " port" includes an off-shore terminal,...

   5. SCHEDULE 5

      Regulations Relating to Submersible and Supporting Apparatus

      1. 1. (1) In this Schedule " regulations " means regulations made...

      2. Registration of submersible apparatus

         1. 2. Regulations made by virtue of section 17(1)(e) of this Act...

      3. Offences

         1. 3. (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, regulations—

      4. Exemptions from regulations

         1. 4. (1) The operation of any regulations may be excluded in...

      5. General

         1. 5. Regulations— (a) may provide for their operation anywhere outside the...