The Merchant Shipping (Registration of Scottish Fishery Cruisers, Research Ships etc.) Order 1960 No. 2217

13.  The following provisions of the Merchant Shipping Acts shall not apply to a Government ship registered in pursuance of the provisions of this Order, namely:—

(i) the principal Act, Sections 1, 2, 7 (3) and (5), 8 to 12, 16, 27 to 38; 39 to 46 (so far as relating to mortgages), 58, 69, 71, 72, 74, 76, 103 (4); 118 (2), 118 (3), 118A (1) and (2), 119 (2) (so far as these provisions relate to the production of certificates to the Officer of Customs); 131 to 147, 155 to 158, 162 to 171, 174 to 181, 224 (2), 240 (9), 253 (1) (vi), 692, 693 ; 729 (1) (d) and (3) (so far as relating to any papers or documents belonging to or in the possession of the Crown).

(ii) the Merchant Shipping Act, 1906, Sections 28, 34 (4), 37 to 39, 42 (4), 60 to 63.

(iii) the Merchant Shipping (Seamen's Allotment) Act, 1911—the whole Act:

Provided that no provision of the Merchant Shipping Acts which, according to a reasonable construction, would not apply in the case of a Government ship, shall be deemed to apply to such a ship by reason only that its application is not hereby expressly excluded.