Merchant Shipping Act 1950

12 In relation to a fishing boat of any foreign country, being a fishing boat to which regulations made under section one of this Act would apply if she were a British fishing boat and were registered in the United Kingdom under Part I or Part IV of the principal Act, subsection (1) of section eighty-four of the principal Act (which as amended by section fifty-five of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1906, provides for the ascertainment of the tonnage of certain foreign ships) shall have effect subject to the following modifications, that is to say:—

(a) for the words " shall be deemed to have been certified under this Act and to comply with the provisions of this Act which apply to such a space in the case of British ships " there shall be substituted the words " shall be deemed to have been specified in a certificate issued under the Merchant Shipping Act, 1950, and to comply with regulations made under section one of that Act ";

(b) for the words " the standard required under this Act in the case of a British ship " there shall be substituted the words " the standard which would be required under or for the purposes of those regulations if she were a British fishing boat registered in the United Kingdom under Part I or Part IV of this Act ".