The Merchant Shipping Act 1979 (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) Order 1993

Statutory Instruments

1993 No. 1786

MERCHANT SHIPPING

The Merchant Shipping Act 1979 (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) Order 1993

Made

20th July 1993

Laid before Parliament

30th July 1993

Coming into force

21st August 1993

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 20th day of July 1993

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by section 47(1) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1979(1), is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

1.  This Order may be cited as The Merchant Shipping Act 1979 (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) Order 1993 and shall come into force on 21st August 1993.

2.  The Merchant Shipping Act 1979 (Overseas Territories) Order 1989(2) shall be amended as follows:

• in article 2 after the words “the Merchant Shipping (Distress Signals and Prevention of Collisions) Regulations 1989”(3) there shall be added “as amended by the Merchant Shipping (Distress Signals and Prevention of Collisions) (Amendment) Regulations 1991”(4).

N. H. Nicholls

Clerk of the Privy Council

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Merchant Shipping Act 1979 (Overseas Territories) Order 1989 by updating the reference to the Merchant Shipping (Distress Signals and Prevention of Collisions) Regulations 1989 to include a reference to the amendments to those regulations which came into force on 19th April 1991.

(1)

1979 c. 39.

(2)

S.I. 1989/2400.

(3)

S.I. 1989/1798.

(4)

S.I. 1991/638.