5Construction.
This Act shall be construed as one with the [57 & 58 Vict. c. 60.] Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, and that Act and the [60 & 61 Vict. c. 59.] Merchant Shipping Act, 1897, the [60 & 61 Vict. c. 61.] Merchant Shipping (Exemption from Pilotage) Act, 1897, the [61 & 62 Vict. c. 14.] Merchant Shipping (Liability of Shipowners) Act, 1898, the [61 & 62 Vict. c. 44.] Merchant Shipping (Mercantile Marine Fund) Act, 1898, and this Act, may be cited together as the Merchant Shipping Acts, 1894 to 1900.