Merchant Shipping (Liability of Shipowners and Others) Act 1958 (c. 62)

Merchant Shipping (Liability of Shipowners and Others) Act 1958

1958 CHAPTER 62 6 and 7 Eliz 2

An Act to amend Part VIII of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894, and section two of the Merchant Shipping (Liability of Shipowners and others) Act 1900; and for purposes connected therewith.

[1st August 1958]

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Act extended with modifications by S.I. 1979/305, arts. 5, 6, 9, Sch. 3.

C2 Functions of Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation under this Act now exercisable by Secretary of State by virtue of S.I. 1959/1768 (1959 I, p. 1793), art. 3(2), 1965/145, art. 2, Sch. 1, S.I. 1970/1537, art. 2 and S.I. 1983/1127, art. 2(4)

C3 Act modified by Merchant Shipping Act 1988 (c. 12, SIF 111), s. 47(2)(b), (with s. 58(4), Sch. 8 para. 1) and by S.I. 1989/1991, art. 10

C4 Act excluded by S.I. 1989/1991, arts. 11–14

Commencement Information

I1 Act wholly in force at Royal Assent.

1–10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 1–10, 12, Schedule repealed by Merchant Shipping Act 1979 (c. 39), ss. 50(4), 52(2), Sch. 7 Pt. I

[F2 11 Application to British possessions, etc. U.K.

(1) Her Majesty may by Order in Council direct that the provisions of this Act, and (so far as they do not so extend apart from the Order) the existing limitation enactments, shall extend, with such exceptions, adaptations and modifications as may be specified in the Order, to—

(a) the Isle of Man;

(b) any of the Channel Islands;

(c) any colony, or any country or place outside Her Majesty’s dominions in which for the time being Her Majesty has jurisdiction, or any territory consisting partly of one or more colonies and partly of one or more such countries or places.

(2) In this section “the existing limitation enactments” means Part VIII of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894, section two of the M1 Merchant Shipping (Liability of Shipowners and others) Act 1900, and any incidental or supplementary provisions of any enactment applying the said Part or section.]

Textual Amendments

F2 S. 11, except as applicable to Merchant Shipping (Liability of Shipowners and Others) Act 1900 (c. 32), repealed by Merchant Shipping Act 1979 (c. 39), ss. 50(4), 52(2), Sch. 7 Pt. I

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C5 S. 11 extended by Merchant Shipping Act 1981 (c. 10, SIF 111), s. 4(2)

Marginal Citations

M1 1900 c. 32.

12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F3 Ss. 1–10, 12, Schedule repealed by Merchant Shipping Act 1979 (c. 39), ss. 50(4), 52(2), Sch. 7 Pt. I

F4 F4 SCHEDULE U.K.

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Textual Amendments

F4 Ss. 1–10, 12, Schedule repealed by Merchant Shipping Act 1979 (c. 39), ss. 50(4), 52(2), Sch. 7 Pt. I