(1)The provisions of Part IV of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), in so far as those provisions do not at the passing of this Act apply to Scotland, shall, subject to the modifications contained in subsection (2) of this section, apply to Scotland, and accordingly references in those provisions to ports in England or Ireland shall be construed as references to ports in the United Kingdom.
(2)(a)In the application of the aforesaid provisions to Scotland the Edinburgh Gazette shall be substituted for the London Gazette, " burgh " shall be substituted for " borough, " and " parish council" shall be substituted for " board of guardians. "
(b)A decision by a superintendent under section three hundred and eighty-seven of the principal Act may be enforced in like manner as an order made on summary proceedings.
(c)An order under section three hundred and sixty-nine of the principal Act shall, in so far as it affects Scotland, be subject to the consent of the Secretary for Scotland.
(3)The enactments mentioned in the Schedule to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that schedule.
This Act may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Scottish Fishing Boats) Act, 1920; and this Act and the Merchant Shipping Acts, 1894 to 1914, may be cited together as the Merchant Shipping Acts, 1894 to 1920.
(2)This Act shall come into operation on the first day of October nineteen hundred and twenty.