Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act 1949

Construction and Equipment U.K.

F1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.

Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 1-6 repealed (1.5.1994) by 1993 c. 22, s. 8(4), Sch. 5 Pt.II; S.I. 1993/3137, art. 3(2), Sch.2.

F2 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.

Textual Amendments

F2 Ss. 1-6 repealed (1.5.1994) by 1993 c. 22, s. 8(4), Sch. 5 Pt.II; S.I. 1993/3137, art. 3(2), Sch.2.

F3 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.

Textual Amendments

F3 Ss. 1-6 repealed (1.5.1994) by 1993 c. 22, s. 8(4), Sch. 5 Pt.II (subject to a saving for s. 3(5)(6) at the end of Sch. 5 Pt. II); S.I. 1993/3137, art. 3(2), Sch.2.

F4 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.

Textual Amendments

F4 Ss. 1-6 repealed (1.5.1994) by 1993 c. 22, s. 8(4), Sch. 5 Pt.II; S.I. 1993/3137, art. 3(2), Sch.2.

F5 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.

Textual Amendments

F5 Ss. 1-6 repealed (1.5.1994) by 1993 c. 22, s. 8(4), Sch. 5 Pt.II; S.I. 1993/3137, art. 3(2), Sch.2.

F6 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.

Textual Amendments

F6 Ss. 1-6 repealed (1.5.1994) by 1993 c. 22, s. 8(4), Sch. 5 Pt.II; S.I. 1993/3137, art. 3(2), Sch.2.

Certificates U.K.

F7 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.

Textual Amendments

F7 S. 7 repealed (1.6.1995 with effect as mentioned in reg. 1(5) of the amending S.I.) by S.I. 1995/1210, reg. 1(4)(d)(5)

F8 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.

Textual Amendments

F8 S. 8 repealed (1.6.1995) by S.I. 1995/1210, reg. 1(4)(d)(5)

F9 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.

Textual Amendments

F9 S. 9 repealed (1.6.1995) by S.I. 1995/1210, reg. 1(4)(d)(5)

F10 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.

Textual Amendments

F10 S. 10 repealed (1.6.1995) by S.I. 1995/1210, reg. 1(4)(d)(5)

F11 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.

Textual Amendments

F11 S. 11 repealed (1.6.1995) by S.I. 1995/1210, reg. 1(4)(d)(5)

F12 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.

Textual Amendments

F12 S. 12 repealed (1.6.1995) by S.I. 1995/1210, reg. 1(4)(d)(5)

F13 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.

Textual Amendments

F13 S. 13 repealed (1.6.1995) by S.I. 1995/1210, reg. 1(4)(d)(5)

Safety Convention Ships not registered in the United Kingdom U.K.

F14 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.

Textual Amendments

F14 S. 14 repealed (1.6.1995) by S.I. 1995/1210, reg. 1(4)(d)(5)

F15 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.

Textual Amendments

F15 S. 15 repealed (1.6.1995) by S.I. 1995/1210, reg. 1(4)(d)(5)

16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F16 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F16 S. 14(2), 16 repealed by S.I. 1981/568, reg. 4, Sch. 1

F17 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.

Textual Amendments

F17 S. 17 repealed (1.6.1995) by S.I. 1995/1210, reg. 1(4)(d)(5)

Miscellaneous Provisions for furthering Safety of Life at Sea U.K.

18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F18 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F18 Ss. 18, 20 repealed by Merchant Shipping (Load Lines) Act 1967 (c. 27), s. 33, Sch. 2

F19 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.

Textual Amendments

F19 S. 19 repealed (1.5.1994) by 1993 c. 22, s. 8(4), Sch. 5 Pt.II; S.I. 1993/3137, art. 3(2), Sch.2.

20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F20 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F20 Ss. 18, 20 repealed by Merchant Shipping (Load Lines) Act 1967 (c. 27), s. 33, Sch. 2

F21 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.

Textual Amendments

F21 S. 21 repealed (1.5.1994) by 1993 c. 22, s. 8(4), Sch. 5 Pt.II (subject to a saving at the end of Sch. 5 Pt. II); S.I. 1993/3137, art. 3(2), Sch.2

F22 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.

Textual Amendments

F22 S. 22 repealed (1.1.1996) by 1995 c. 21, ss. 314(1), 316(2), Sch. 12 (with s. 312(1), Sch. 14 para. 1)

F23 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.

Textual Amendments

F23 S. 23 repealed (1.5.1994) by 1993 c. 22, s. 8(4), Sch. 5 Pt. II; S.I. 1993/3137, art. 3(2), Sch.2

[F24 24 Carriage of grain. U.K.

(1) Where grain is loaded on board any British ship registered in the United Kingdom, or is loaded within any port in the United Kingdom on board any ship, all necessary and reasonable precautions shall be taken to prevent the grain from shifting; and if such precautions as aforesaid are not taken, the owner or the master of the ship, or any agent of the owner who was charged with the loading or with sending the ship to sea laden with the grain, shall be guilty of an offence under this subsection, and the ship shall be deemed for the purposes of Part V of the principal Act to be unsafe by reason of improper loading.

(2) Where any ship, having been loaded with grain outside the United Kingdom without the taking of all necessary and reasonable precautions to prevent the grain from shifting, enters any port in the United Kingdom so laden, the owner or master of the ship shall be guilty of an offence under this subsection, and the ship shall be deemed for the purposes of Part V of the principal Act to be unsafe by reason of improper loading:

Provided that this subsection shall not have effect if the ship would not have entered any such port but for stress of weather or any other circumstance that neither the master nor the owner nor the charterer (if any) could have prevented or forestalled.

(3) Without prejudice to the generality of the two preceding subsections, any particular precaution prescribed by rules made by the Minister under this subsection, in relation to the loading of ships generally or of ships of any class, as being a precaution to be treated for the purposes of those subsections as a necessary or reasonable precaution to prevent grain from shifting, shall be so treated in the case of ships generally, or of ships of that class, as the case may be:

Provided that this subsection shall not apply where a ship is loaded in accordance in all respects with any provisions approved by the Minister as respects the loading in question other than rules made under this subsection.

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(5) On the arrival at a port in the United Kingdom from a port outside the United Kingdom of any ship carrying a cargo of grain, the master shall cause to be delivered to the proper officer of Customs in the United Kingdom, together with the report required by [F26 section 35 of the M1 Customs and Excise Management Act 1979], a notice stating—

(a) the draught of water and freeboard, as defined by Part V of the principal Act, of the said ship after the loading of her cargo was completed at the final port of loading; and

(b) the following particulars of the grain carried, namely,

(i) the kind of grain and the quantity thereof, stated in cubic feet, quarters, bushels, or tons weight;

(ii) the mode in which the grain is stowed, and

(iii) the precautions taken to prevent the grain from shifting;

and if the master fails to deliver any notice required by this subsection, or if in any such notice he makes any statement that he knows to be false in a material particular or recklessly makes any statement that is false in a material particular, he shall be liable to a fine not exceeding [F27 [F28 level 3 on the standard scale]in the case of a failure and [F28 level 4 on the standard scale]in the case of a false statement].

(6) Any person having a general or special authority in that behalf from the Minister may, for securing the observance of the provisions of this section, inspect any grain, and the mode in which it is stowed, and for that purpose shall have all the powers of a Ministry of Transport inspector under the principal Act.

(7) In this section the expression “grain” includes wheat, maize, oats, rye, barley, rice, pulses and seeds [F29 whether in natural or processed form], . . . F30 .]

Textual Amendments

F24 S. 24 repealed by S.I. 1980/536, regs. 1(3), 2, 5 and S.I. 1981/576, reg. 2 (by reg. 2 of S.I. 1980/536, as amended by S.I. 1981/576, reg. 2(2) it was provided that the 1980 regulations applied in relation to: (a)sea-going United Kingdom ships, and (b)other sea-going ships while they are within the United Kingdom or the territorial waters thereof, when loaded with grain in bulk; and by S.I. 1985/1217, regs. 1(3), 2, S.I. 1980/536 was revoked as therein mentioned)

F25 S. 24(4) repealed by Merchant Shipping Act 1979 (c. 39), Sch. 7 Pt. II

F26 Words substituted by Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (c. 2), Sch. 4 para. 12 Table Pt. I

F27 Words substituted by Merchant Shipping Act 1979 (c. 39) Sch. 6 Pt. VI para. 14

F28 Words substituted by virtue of (E.W.) Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 46; (S.) Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), s. 289G and (N.I.) S.I. 1984/703 (N.I. 3), art. 5

F29 Words inserted by Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act 1977 (c. 24), ss. 1(5)(a), 4

F30 Words repealed by Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act 1977 (c. 24), ss. 1(5)(b), 4

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 24(1)(2) amended by Merchant Shipping Act 1979 (c. 39), s. 43(2), Sch. 6 Pt. V

Marginal Citations

M1 1979 c. 2.

F31 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.

Textual Amendments

F31 S. 25 repealed (1.1.1996) by 1995 c. 21, ss. 314(1), 316(2), Sch. 12 (with s. 312(1), Sch. 14 para. 1)

Supplemental U.K.

F32 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.

Textual Amendments

F32 S. 26 repealed (1.6.1995) by S.I. 1995/1210, reg. 1(4)(d)(5)

F33 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.

Textual Amendments

F33 Ss. 27-30 repealed (1.5.1994) by 1993 c. 22, s. 8(4), Sch. 5 Pt.II; S.I. 1993/3137, art. 3(2), Sch.2

F34 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.

Textual Amendments

F34 S. 28 repealed (1.5.1994) by 1993 c. 22, s. 8(4), Sch. 5 Pt.II (subject to a saving at the end of Sch. 5 Pt. II); S.I. 1993/3137, art. 3(2), Sch.2 (but s. 28(1) remains in force for the sole purpose specified by Sch. 2, Appendix para. 2(c) to that S.I.).

F35 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.

Textual Amendments

F35 Ss. 27-30 repealed (1.5.1994) by 1993 c. 22, s. 8(4), Sch. 5 Pt.II; S.I. 1993/3137, art. 3(2), Sch.2

F36 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.

Textual Amendments

F36 Ss. 27-30 repealed (1.5.1994) by 1993 c. 22, s. 8(4), Sch. 5 Pt.II; S.I. 1993/3137, art. 3(2), Sch.2

F37 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.

Textual Amendments

F37 S. 31 repealed (1.6.1995) by S.I. 1995/1210, reg. 1(4)(d)(5)

F38 32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.

Textual Amendments

F38 S. 32 repealed (1.1.1996) by 1995 c. 21, ss. 314(1), 316(2), Sch. 12 (with s. 312(1), Sch. 14 para. 1)

F39 33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.

Textual Amendments

F39 S. 33 repealed (1.5.1994) by 1993 c. 22, s. 8(4), Sch. 5 Pt.II; S.I. 1993/3137, art. 3(2), Sch.2 (but s. 33(2) remains in force for the sole purpose specified by Sch. 2, Appendix para. 2(d) to that S.I.).

F40 34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.

Textual Amendments

F40 S. 34 repealed (1.1.1996) by 1995 c. 21, ss. 314(1), 316(2), Sch. 12 (with s. 312(1), Sch. 14 para. 1)

35 Consequential amendments of Merchant Shipping Acts. U.K.

F41 (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F42 (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F43

F44 (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F42 (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F44 (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F41 S. 35(1) repealed (1.1.1996) by 1995 c. 21, ss. 314(1), 316(2), Sch. 12 (with s. 312(1), Sch. 14 para. 1)

F42 S. 35(2)(5) repealed (1.6.1995) by S.I. 1995/1210, reg. 1(4)(d)(5)

F43 Ss. 35(3), 37(5) repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1953 (2 & 3 Eliz. 2 c. 5)

F44 S. 35(4)(6) repealed (1.5.1994) by 1993 c. 22, s. 8(4), Sch. 5 Pt. II; S.I. 1993/3137, art. 3(2), Sch. 2.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2 The “said Act of 1932” means Merchant Shipping (Safety and Load Line Conventions) Act 1932 (c. 9)

F45 36 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.

Textual Amendments

F45 S. 36 (so far as unrepealed) repealed (1.1.1996) by 1995 c. 21, ss. 314(1), 316(2), Sch. 12 (with s. 312(1), Sch. 14 para. 1)

F46 37 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.

Textual Amendments

F46 S. 37 repealed (1.1.1996) by 1995 c. 21, ss. 314(1), 316(2), Sch. 12 (with s. 312(1), Sch. 14 para. 1)