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Where any foreign ship is detained under this Act, and where any proceedings are taken under this Act against the master or owner of any such ship, notice shall forthwith be served on the Consular officer for the country to which the ship belongs at or nearest to the port where the ship is for the time being, and such notice shall specify the grounds on which the ship has been detained or the proceedings have been taken.
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(1)In this Act the following expressions have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to say:—
“Contravention” includes, in relation to any provision, failure to comply with that provision, and the expression “contravenes” shall be construed accordingly;
“The Merchant Shipping Acts” means the Merchant Shipping Acts 1894 to 1928, and this Act;
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“The principal Act” means the M1Merchant Shipping Act 1894.
(2)In this Act references to a ship constructed before or after any date shall be construed as references to a ship the keel of which has been laid before or after that date, as the case may be.
(3)For the purpose of any provision of this Act relating to Safety Convention ships, Safety Convention passenger steamers or Load Line Convention ships not registered in the United Kingdom, a passenger steamer or other ship registered in any of the Channel Islands or in the Isle of Man shall be deemed to be registered in the United Kingdom.
(4)Any references in this Act to any provision of the Merchant Shipping Acts 1894 to 1928, which has been amended by any subsequent Act, including this Act, shall be construed as a reference to that provision as so amended.
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F3Definitions repealed by Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act 1949 (c. 43), Sch. 3
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Marginal Citations
(1)This Act may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Safety and Load Line Conventions) Act 1932, and shall be construed as one with the Merchant Shipping Acts 1894 to 1928, and those Acts and this Act may be cited together as the Merchant Shipping Acts 1894 to 1932.
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F4S. 74(2) repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1950 (c. 6)
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