SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 4 Pre-Consolidation Amendments

Extent of application of Acts

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1

The following provisions of the Merchant Shipping Acts (which expressly or by implication apply to or in relation to British ships), namely—

a

in the 1894 Act—

  • section 458 (shipowner’s obligation as to seaworthiness);

  • F1. . .

  • section 689 (returns in cases of offences abroad);

  • section 723 (powers to require production of ship’s documents, etc.); and

b

section 18 of the 1979 Act (exclusion of liability),

shall apply only to United Kingdom ships.

2

The following provisions of those Acts (duties of masters of ships to give assistance at sea), namely—

a

section 422 of the 1894 Act;

b

F1. . .

c

section 22 of the 1949 Act,

shall apply in relation to United Kingdom ships and to foreign ships when in United Kingdom waters.

3

Sections 16 and 17 of the 1974 Act (regulations for submersible and supporting apparatus) shall have effect with the omission, in section 16(1)(b), of the words following “United Kingdom”.

4

Sections 21 and 22 of the 1979 Act (safety regulations) shall have effect with the substitution in section 21(1)(c), for the reference to a port in the United Kingdom, of a reference to United Kingdom national waters.